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- Patrick WaiMarch 3, 2026The Reaping (2007) is what happens when you hire Hilary Swank and Idris Elba—two actors with actual gravitas—and then trap them in a movie that plays like Biblical Disasters: The Theme Park Ride, except the map is missing and the ride operator is whispering, “Don’t think about it.” The effects are occasionally awesome (frogs! locusts! rivers doing… things!), but the plot is so confusing it feels like the script got hit by its own plague somewhere around page 12. And spare a thought for David Morrissey, whose job description seems to be “enter scene wearing the exact facial expression of a man who definitely knows more than he’s saying”—so of course you spend the whole movie pre-blaming him, and honestly, you’re not wrong to. By the time the big twist arrives, it’s less “Aha!” and more “Sure, why not—add it to the pile.”
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The Reaping was released on April 4, 2007.
The Reaping was directed by Stephen Hopkins.
The Reaping has a runtime of 1h 39m.
The Reaping was produced by Susan Downey, Herb Gains, Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis.
The death of a child in mysterious circumstances sparks a series of events that seem to represent biblical plagues, which start occurring in, of all places, a town called "Haven" that is located deep in the bowels of Bible belt country in the bayous of Louisiana. A former Christian missionary turned religious phenomena debunker and her top open minded student turned personal assistant are sent to investigate.
The key characters in The Reaping are Katherine (Hilary Swank), Doug (David Morrissey), Ben (Idris Elba).
The Reaping is rated R.
The Reaping is a Horror, Thriller film.
The Reaping has an audience rating of 4.9 out of 10.
The Reaping had a budget of $40M.
The Reaping has made $62.8M at the box office.