WESLEY DOYLE (Powers Boothe), the FBI agent heading the search for
Texas' notorious "God's Hand"
murderer, is understandably suspicious
when a man walks into his office and announces that he knows
the
identity of the elusive serial killer. Introducing himself as FENTON MEIKS (Matthew McConaughey), he
claims that his brother, Adam, killed
all those people and then killed himself. But Adam's crimes are just one
small part of a long and complex story that Meiks wants to share with
Doyle so he will understand what
motivated his brother to kill. Past and
present converge as the two strangers drive together to the rose
garden
where Adam is buried and Meiks begins his tale of faith and retribution. It is 1979 and the Meiks brothers,
twelve-year-old Fenton (Matthew O'Leary) and nine-year-old Adam
(Jeremy
Sumpter), enjoy an idyllic relationship with their father (Bill Paxton),
a kind and sensitive man still
recovering from the death of his beloved
wife. The boys are happy and secure, until a sudden and
inexplicable
turn of events changes their lives forever. Dad announces that he has
been visited by an
Angel who has entrusted him with a holy mission. God
has chosen him and his sons to destroy "demons"
who pose as ordinary men
and women. The Angel will provide them with a list of names. The Meiks
must
find these "demons" and kill them.
While young Adam is enthusiastic about the family mission and claims to
share his Dad's visions of divine
justice, Fenton fears that their
father is insane. Torn between his love for his family and his belief
that their
diabolical plan must be stopped, Fenton wrestles with his own
demons, searching for a solution. The
terrible violence that shatters
the brothers' childhood has a dramatic impact on their futures. Deeply
affected by their experiences, Fenton and Adam develop extreme ideas
about good and evil, ideas that
lead them to shocking and unforeseen
fates.
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