The Bone Collector

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Summary: Not original, but worth watching
Review: Despite a lot of negative reviews, the Bone Collector is not a bad movie. The problem is, that we have all seen this sort of thing before. The psychopath theme is so well known, that every new movie can be linked to an older one. In this case, there are similarities with a lot of movies. Rutger Hauer's Bone Daddy springs to mind, but Silence of the Lambs, Evil has a Face and a lot of others also contributed. Still, th Bone Collector holds enough new elements to be interesting. The characters are worked out rather better then usual and the gruesome details of the murders are treated with less then the normal circumspection. The movie is borne by the actors, not by the script, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The one point, that I really disliked is the final scene. The 'everything comes right at Christmas' idea is already too sentimental for my taste and in a movie like this it does not have a place. While this movie may not appeal to everybody, it should be perfectly acceptable to fans of the genre.

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Summary: Entertaining and Clever, but not faultless.
Review: Denzel Washington plays ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme, who had an accident in a tunnell and is now almost-paralyzed. When Lincoln hears about a strange taxi-murderer, he asks super-smart police gal Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) to take the case. She relucatantly agrees, and now it is up to her and the un-movable Lincoln to discover the face behind the mysterious murder mask.

The Bone Collector has a bunch of great performances, Angelina Jolie is the real highlight, she is amazingly real (AGAIN) as Amelia, but Washington and Queen Lafitah are equally watchable. The screenplay is incredibly clever, and this film is never slow or boring.

This movie is does have problems, yes, but the faults can't overtake the cleverness and substance in this entertaining mystery.

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Summary: A great, thought provoking thriller
Review: I don't understand how this movie is getting such bad reviews. In my opinion, it's one of the best movies of the year. I've watched it 3 times and I still want to watch it some more. Denzel Washington stars as a forensic expert who is paralyzed. With the help of his computer and an up-and-coming detective (Angelina Jolie), he might have a chance to catch this serial killer who kills people by certain means such as giving them a deep cut, then seeking rats on them to eat them alive.

I thought "The Bone Collector" was very thought provoking and compelling. Even after seeing it a few times, I still like watching it. Everybody does a great job acting, especially Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. I recommend everybody to get "The Bone Collector."

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Summary: the bone collecter
Review: this movie had it's moments, they were few and far between, but it had it's moment. I personly think that Se7en is still the best thiller to date!!!!!!!

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: This movie really bored me to death. There was no gore and it wasnt scary. I was greatly disappointed when i saw this in the theatre. The title "Bone-Collector" doesnt even suit this movie. There are hardly any bones and the one bone that they do find isnt even human. They have cool ways of killing people, but they dont even show the bodies. The villan put this one lady in front of a huge vent that shot out large amounts of steam. well, after being a little bit scared of what she was going to look like, they showed her. not a scratch on her body accept one where the villan cut her arm open. I do not recommend you waste money on buying this or even renting it. try to sucker a friend into buying it then watch it with him/her.

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Summary: Collecting Shivers
Review: Ok, it's not the best thriller. But, I enjoyed it. Denzel Washington probably was more challenged in this part of Lincoln Rhyme, paraplegic, using more facial features and tone to underscore his intensity. Angelina Jolie, as Rhyme's crime solving helper and eventual love involvement is quietly arresting. Queen Latiffah played surprisingly well.

The story revolves around a vengeful serial killer. Is this personal to Rhymes? Could being involved again in forensics save his inner demonic life?--or end it? On different levels this film touches on some very graphic, raw emotions.

A good film and you may enjoy reading the book by Jeffrey Deaver. Deaver also has these two as a team in "The Empty Chair" and "The Coffin Dancer"--both excellent reads.

Thanks for your interest & comment votes--CDS

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Summary: You May Not Want To Take That Cab
Review: Director Phillip Noyce delivers an atmospheric thriller with "The Bone Collector," a somewhat grisly tale of a serial killer in New York City. Homicide detective Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) is an expert in the field of forensics; he has also been a quadriplegic for four years, the result of an accident sustained during the investigation of a crime scene. From the neck down he has the use of only a single finger, with which he controls a computer and monitor from his bed. Useless though his body may be, his mind is still sharp, and circumstances bring him together with a young NYPD officer, Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie), who has just received a long sought after transfer to the Youth Services Division. Destiny takes her elsewhere, however. When she is the first officer to arrive at a crime scene, Donaghy proceeds to secure the area and take the appropriate measures to insure that any evidence is not compromised. Rhyme is consulted on the case (a murder), and takes note of the precision employed by Donaghy in handling the crime scene. When he meets her, he learns that while at the academy she had read one of his books on the subject (He has written a dozen, on forensics and related issues). Rhyme then presses her into service as his eyes and ears, to physically do at a crime scene what he cannot, by talking her through each step via radio. Reluctant initially, Donaghy soon exhibits an affinity for forensics and becomes much more than merely the physical extension of Rhyme; they become partners, and continue with the case accordingly. "The Bone Collector" offers some chilling moments, especially in two scenes, one of which involves a steam pipe, the other, lots of rats. In each case, it is all the more horrifying because the victims can see exactly what is about to happen to them, they have time to think about it, and there is absolutely nothing they can do about it. It makes for an eerie, disconcerting story, and though inherently dark it never descends to the appalling level of a predecessor in the genre, "Seven." Washington gives a top notch performance, keeping Rhyme interesting though confined to bed for the entire movie, and Jolie takes Amelia to a believable level that far surpasses the typical ingenue rendering of such characters. Unfortunately, character development, on the whole, is sacrificed for sensationalism; with the exception of Rhyme, whose character is readily established, we are offered mere glimpses of the rest. We have hints as to what motivates Amelia, but we are left guessing as to the agenda of Captain Cheney (Michael Rooker). Along the way, some characters are used like obstacles thrown into the path of a race track (Cheney is one, a bookstore clerk is another), with the sole intent of manipulating the audience. With a little more depth, this could have been a remarkable movie. The supporting cast includes Queen Latifah, who brings a welcome presence to the film as Rhyme's nurse, Thelma; Ed O'Neill (Detective Sellitto); Leland Orser (Richard Thompson); Mike McGlone (Detective Solomon), Luis Guzman (Eddie Ortiz); and Arthur Holden (Bookstore clerk). While this film provides for some real gut wrenching reactions, it is not "The Silence of the Lambs." On a dark night, however, when you're alone in your living room with nothing but the flickering of the television and the wind howling outside, it'll do.

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Summary: ! LONG LIVE THE FORMULA !
Review: Uau, what a bad movie ! I could hardly believe my eyes and ears while I was watching this "I wanna be a thriller" movie... I'm thinking about buying the book, to see if the producers blew up a possibly good history or the plot was already so bad... Everything that is bad about this movies was already said below, but one question remains: Washington, how did you accept to play a role in this lame production, while being capable to star great pictures a "Glory" and "Huricane" ? I can't understand.

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Summary: An Ugly Mess of a Movie
Review: Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie star in this cheap"Se7en" knockoff that should've been shelved. Terrible script gives way to bad acting, and some of the worst direction in recent memory. The ending seems as if the writers made it up on the spot; illogical and laughably stupid. The film tries for shock value, via a series of gruesome murders, but all suspense and horror is killed by the atrocious acting and direction.

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Summary: Dissappointed
Review: I expected quite much more when I rented this film... First of all, I found Angelina Jolie isn't anything more than another Catherine Zeta-Jones! No significant acting, face solid as a rock. Even Denzel Washington acted more and better than she did! The story was very common, and the clue-gathering rather boring. And of course, the ending reminded me of about a gazillion other movies, where the bad guy gets killed before he can kill the good guy, by the good guy's partner! In all, very dissapointing!