This movie does manage to bring together quite an impressive cast, you have Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Michael Rooker, Luis Guzman, Leland Orser (another link to Seven) and Ed O'Neil to name but a few. There seems to be little sense of urgency or fear of impending doom. With the story it has and the topics that are covered throughout this film The Bone Collector really should have delivered a much heavier punch than it does. I feel the main reason that The Bone Collector falls short of these other big names within the same genre is that it feels a lot lighter and weaker in comparison.
In certain ways the story is similar to that of Silence of the Lambs as well (rookie cop, female, helped along the way but a restricted man of high intellect) but again The Bone Collector is a country mile away from being as good as Silence of the Lambs. This movie does share a lot with these two films but is not as good as either. The year is 1999, we are before Saw (2004) but after Seven (1995). He enlists the help of Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) and the unlikely duo set out to track down the killer. There is a serial killer on the loose and the police department turn to him. Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) was an expert detective prior to an accident which left him quadriplegic. With Amelia acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together disparate clues, hoping they will learn who the next victim is. Unable to decipher the cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, Amelia calls upon quadriplegic forensic criminology expert Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) to help. Policewoman Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) is in hot pursuit of a serial murderer whose calling card is a small shard of bone extracted from each of his victims.
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