The Red Fury

1984
6.2| 1h45m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1984 Released
Producted By: Dayton/Stewart Productions
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A lonely boy befriends a vicious stallion.

Genre

Drama, Family

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Director

Lyman Dayton

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Dayton/Stewart Productions

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The Red Fury Audience Reviews

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Wizard-8 "The Red Fury" is the kind of family movie that is not made anymore. In a way that's a shame, because family movies like this often teach good values and are lacking in negative stuff found in modern family movies such as toilet humor. On the other hand, family movies from this period do often come across as dated in several important manners. The main way this movie is dated is with its pacing. The film moves extremely slowly, at such a slow pace that I think even audiences at the time were shuffling in their seats. Possibly due to the slow pace comes the second problem, that there isn't any big conflict. There's stuff like prejudice that's tackled, but its treatment comes across as very soft instead of more hard-hitting. The movie has wholesome good ingredients, but the end result is lacking in bite and deep feelings.
waseom The Red Fury is presented as a family film, and it sort of is. Frankie (the Indian boy) faces prejudice in a small town, with only a drunk (John) and a schoolteacher (Amelia) on his side. He fell off a train, so he's staying with John until his father comes for him.I didn't like this movie at all. There are many problems with this film: it's very slow-paced and yet it rushes everything (how it managed that I don't know), it takes on more than it can handle, and it never really follows through on any of the threads it begins. The title horse is tamed within the first half hour, so there's no suspense there. Frank is very annoying for the first twenty minutes because he refuses to speak. John keeps asking him questions and getting no answer--it's very rude. What's worse is that the first thing the boy does when he opens his mouth is demand John give him his stallion. That only becomes less rude when Frank saves John from being kicked & trampled to death by Fury a few minutes later.And here's the spoiler--the horse dies. That's what makes it *not* a family film, in my opinion. If you liked Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows, that might be okay with you, but tread carefully if you have small, horse-loving children.
forestpark-1 This is an excellent film for family viewing because it embodies the "old fashioned" values of honor, honesty, duty, fearlessness,and standing tall. It follows the mythological storyline of life, death and rebirth or resurrection. A young Indian boy sacrifices the thing he loves the most, his horse Fury, so new life may be born into the world, and in so doing he kills the prejudice surrounding him, opening the eyes and heart of his greatest enemy. I happened to attend the opening of this film in Salt Lake City. The theater was filled with children and their parents. There were not many dry eyes when the film was over. The film is slow paced like an old fashioned novel, but as you come to know and care for the characters you become a part of their story. There is one swear word in the film "s**t." It was added because the producers wanted a "PG" rate not a "G".
Sean Richard McCarthy An young Indian boy falls off of a train and winds up in the care of a drunkard man. The boy shows the man his talent with horses and the man takes to him. The local people do not like the boy (because he is Native American) and they try their best to get rid of him, but the drunkard man decides to give up his booze and stand up for the boy! Very much like "Little house on the Prairie" (and you can take that as a compliment)!This is a very slow moving movie, but well worth watching! In fact, very good Christian value worth watching!!!!!!!!!