Amazon.com video review:
Brian De Palma's complicated horror story from 1978 never did
come together correctly, but it still has pockets of real inspiration
as only the director
(Carrie,
Mission:
Impossible) could conceive. Andrew Stevens and Amy Irving play
teens with telekinetic powers that intelligence agencies want to
harness, and Kirk Douglas stands between his kids and their nefarious
exploiters. The film bogs down during Douglas's guilt-ridden,
booze-fueled quest to find his son, but De Palma's elaborate,
sometimes operatic violence and action sequences are genuinely
mesmerizing. The final scene involving just desserts for the film's
villain is a big surprise. --Tom Keogh
