Bone Collector
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Released in late 1999, The Bone Collector was originally promoted as a thriller in the tradition of The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, suggesting that it would earn a place among those earlier, better films. Nice try, but no cigar. The Bone Collector settles instead for mere competence and the modest rewards of a well-handled formula. With a terrific cast at his service, director Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm, Patriot Games) turns the pulpy indulgence of Jeffery Deaver's novel into a slick potboiler that is grisly fun only if you don't pick it apart.
Noyce expertly builds palpable tension around a series of gruesome murders that lead us into the darkest nooks of New York City. Now a bedridden quadriplegic prone to life-threatening seizures and suicidal depression, forensics detective Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) gets a new lease on life with a sharp young beat cop (Angelina Jolie) who's a wizard at analyzing crime scenes. She does field work while he deciphers clues from his high-tech Manhattan loft, and as they narrow the search their lives are increasingly endangered. As this formulaic plot grows moldy, Noyce resorts to narrative shortcuts, using perfunctory scenes to manipulate the viewer and taking morbid pleasure in his revelation of the murder scenes. And yet it all works, to a point, and the cast (including Queen Latifah and Luiz Guzmán) is much better than the material. If you're looking for a few good thrills, The Bone Collector is a pretty safe bet. --Jeff Shannon


George's Video Rental Guide -2002 Releases
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Brief Description
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Bloody Sunday
4
How governments decide if non violence equates to meaningful protest.
George's Video Rental Guide -2002 Releases
Rating
Brief Description
Stop here
1
Bloody Sunday
4
How governments decide if non violence equates to meaningful protest.
2
City of God
3
Rabbit-Proof Fence
4
25th Hour
5
About Schmidt
6
Antwone Fisher
7
Believer, The
8
Bowling for Columbine
9
Gangs of New York
10
Optimists, The
11
Pianist, The
12
Talk to Her
13
Fast Runner
14
One Hour Photo
15
Chicago
16
Piano Teacher, The
17
Unfaithful
18
Spirited Away
19
Frida
20
Sunshine State
21
Aberdeen
22
How I Killed My Father
23
LOTR: The Two Towers
24
Quiet American, The
25
Heaven
26
Italian for Beginners
27
Standing.. Shadows of Motown
28
Far From Heaven
29
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
30
Mostly Martha
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