THE BONE COLLECTORÂ (18)
D: Phillip Noyce
Universal/Columbia (Martin Bregman, Louis A. Stroller
& Michael Bregman)
USA 🇺🇸 1999
118 mins
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Crime/Thriller
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W: Jeremy Iacone [based on the novel by Jeffrey
Deaver]
DP: Dean Semler
Ed: William Hoy
Mus: Craig Armstrong
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Denzel Washington (Lincoln Rhyme), Angelina Jolie
(Amelia Donaghy), Queen Latifah (Thelma), Michael Rooker (Capt. Howard Cheney), Mike McGlone (Detective Kenny Solomon), Leland Orser (Richard Thompson), Luis Guzman (Eddie
Ortiz)
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A bed-ridden former forensic expert, Lincoln Rhyme (only
in Hollywood), assists a rookie cop in solving a host of macabre murders by a serial killer, each of which more elaborate than the last.
In the wake of films like Seven, this is a generally
decent thriller until it is revealed that these intricate crimes have been perpetrated by a complete and utter moron. A total anticlimax.
5/10
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