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The Bone Collector
Movie Stats & Links |
Starring: |
Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Ed O'Neil |
MPAA Rated: |
R |
Released By: |
Universal
Pictures |
Web Site: |
www.thebonecollector.com |
Kiddie Movie: |
I think not, although some dad did bring his 10
year old daughter. |
Date Movie: |
She might get scared and snuggle. |
Gratuitous Sex: |
Nothing gratuitous. |
Gratuitous
Violence: |
Some gross out scenes. |
Action: |
Some suspense. |
Laughs: |
A line here and there. |
Memorable
Scene: |
One of the victims is tied up and the rats start
heading towards him. |
Memorable
Quote: |
None come to mind. |
Directed By: |
Phillip Noyce |
Produced By: |
Martin Bregman, Louis Stroller, Michael Bregman |
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The Bone Collector
A Movie Review |
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I still can't quite decide if I liked
"The Bone Collector" or not. Sure it had some interesting
ways to kill someone. Sure it had some suspense. Sure I
jumped a little when the SWAT team's door flung open. Sure
it had one of my newest, favoritist actresses in the likes
of Angelina Jolie. But I just didn't come away with the
"Damn that was a good movie" attitude.
Here's the story. Denzel Washington plays Lincoln Rhyme.
He's stuck in a bed due to a freak accident while
investigating a crime scene. He used to be one of the best
crime scene detectives out there, but now he just wants to
die. Low and behold Angelina as Amelia Donaghy stumbles
across a crime scene, uses her wits to preserve the scene
before the rain, and gets yelled at for stopping a train.
So, the great Ed O'Neil (I miss Married With Children) as
Detective Paulie takes the evidence to Lincoln for some
insight into the killer, and Lincoln sees a bright spot in
Amelia as capable to be a good crime scene investigator. She
doesn't want to, but Lincoln and Paulie pressure her enough
so she's now on her way to a new career.
It turns out the killer is leaving clues for the cops to
catch him, or for the cops to blame themselves for not
figuring out the clue quick enough, and Lincoln and Amelia
are the ones to try to figure out the clues. "Hey, how can
Lincoln help if he's stuck in bed?" Well, Lincoln basically
walks Amelia through a crime scene using radio headsets and
she brings the clues back to him. But the asshole lead cop,
Captain Howard (Michael Rooker), doesn't like this
arrangement and kicks the two off the case. Hey, want some
more movie cliches? Well, guess what, the asshole cop turns
out to be wrong and Amelia and Lincoln keep investigating
even though they are off the case, Amelia and Lincoln have
some romantic sparks, and the list goes on.
Alright, the movie had just about every
cop/suspense/killer movie cliche there is out there, but it
wasn't too bad except I didn't buy the sexual tension
between Angelina and Denzel at all. The story line wasn't
bad and it led to the obvious conclusion, but I'm thinking
you might feel better about seeing "The Bone Collector" if
you catch the matinee or wait for video. I will give the
movie credit for having some pretty interesting ways for
kill people, especially the movie maneuver of knowing
exactly how the person was going to be killed yet you're
sitting in your seat going, squirming, because you know
exactly what is going to happen.
So, enough rambling. It's 2 ½ stars out of 5 for
"The Bone Collector." Denzel did a good acting job
considering he didn't have to move much and Angelina did
fine as the "not wanting to really do this job" cop, all
except the love angle versus the friend angle. Oh well.
That's it for this one! I'm The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |