the fury start in the mid east 1977 where the head of a secret shadowy government agency name ben childress ( john cassavetes ) stag a fake terrorist attack so he can kidnap a teenage boy with powerful psychic ability name robin sandza ( andrew stevens ) and leave his father peter ( kirk douglas ) dead . half the plan work and robin be whisk away but peter manages to escape and he vow to find childress and his son . cut to chicago 1978 and dr. jim mckeever ( charles durning ) be run the paragon institute for childress and an institute that study psychic ability and try to uncover people with these power . teenage girl gillian bellaver ( amy irving ) have be develop such power and her mother ( joyce easton ) agree for her to spend some time in the institute in an attempt to help her . meanwhile peter be in chicago and hot on the trail of childress who become aware of gillian and her power which match robin and peter also know about gillian and the fact that she can help lead him to his son robin . however gillian and robin start to suffer a theyre power grow strong and it become almost impossible to control them . direct by brian de palma i think the fury be a decent watch but nothing that special . the script by john farris base on his own 1976 novel of the same name and which i have not read so i can not compare the two although it say that the film be considerably condense and play more like a thriller than horror for the first half and it set up it secret government agency and the bad guy and the good guy and it have a few chase and even a bit of comedy relief in the shape of two bumble cop and a new car . then the film switch to more horror orientate territory with vision to sinister past event and psychic power be use for evil and the two story element come together at the end a peter find his son and childress in a final confrontation type cliché . i think the film drag a little in place and too many element just come and go too quickly and it ignore various aspect of it story for long period before go back to them which give me the impression that it be be very inconsistent and at time a bit incoherent and confuse . it never make clear a to why childress be so interested in people with psychic ability or what government agency he work for . the story be complex and it fairly engage and grip but at the same time it rather dull and draw out and i like it for sure but i do not think i would be in any hurry to watch it again . director de palma do a good job a you would expect from an accomplished director such a he . the fury remind heavily of carrie ( 1976 ) with it trouble teenage psychic which and by co incidence or not and be the film de palma make directly before the fury . there be one sequence that inspire a few unintentional laugh though and the bit where gillian break out of the paragon institute be play out in slow motion without any sound effect only some really awful and inappropriate music and it feel like it go on forever . there not much gore except for a cool bit at the end that look like it belong in david cronenberg scanner ( 1981 ) when someone explode all over the place and it replay several time in slow motion and from various different camera angle as well . with a supposed budget of about $ 5 and 500 and 000 the fury be a very well make film and certainly have that hollywood polish about it . one area where the film suffers from be that it have date badly and the car and the interior and all the sharp suit and the late 70 fashion tell it own story . the acting be ok and i do not think irving be that good a gillian but douglas manages to bring a certain likability to his role . the fury be a good watch and it a bit long and a bit inconsistent but it entertain and try to tell a thoughtful story . definitely worth a watch if you have a couple of hour to spare .