The Bone Collector

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Actor: Bobby Cannavale, Daniel Brochu, Desmond Campbell, James Bulleit, Olivia Birkelund
Brand: Universal
Primary Contributor: Angelina Jolie
Primary Contributor: Washington, Denzel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-28
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of The Bone Collector

DVD Review: The ending rates a NO STAR
Summary: 2 Stars

The Bone Collector. What a great idea for a movie. Then cast Denzel Washington in the lead. PERFECT. This had all the makings of a great movie. The acting was good, and the storyline was interesting. What happened?? The ending. When you invest the time, energy and money to create a movie that suckers in viewers, you should have a slam-bang finish. This one failed miserably. It broke the biggest rule of the Who-dun-it mysteries. You NEVER make the villan someone that the reader, or in this case, movie-viewer could never in their wildest dreams have figured out. In the end, we have the villan - someone who amounted to, at best, a walk on role up to the point he was revealed. It leaves the viewer saying, "HUH?" And the reason he wanted to kill our hero? He wanted to make him suffer for some deed he had done prior -- which was never revealed or discussed in the movie to that point. The laughable part was his rationale for wanting to kill him - he wanted him to suffer for what he had done to him. Ok, so kill him - then what? Its over. The Denzel character was a paraplegic, for Pete's sake. He suffered from seizures, etc. How could death be more suffering than that? I would have thought that the villan would have been MORE than satisfied to watch this daily suffering. In the end it was lame, lame, lame. Such a shame, too, when it had so much potential.

DVD Review: SOLID CRIME THILLER....... NO BONES ABOUT IT!
Summary: 4 Stars

It's hard to believe I never saw this film before now. This movie held my interest from beginning to end even if there are the usual plot holes. In the same vein as Se7en, 'The Bone Collector' is a gritty, crime thriller with some graphic crime scenes that might turn off some viewers.

DVD Review: I Wanted to Hate This
Summary: 3 Stars

Not that Angelina Jolie, No freakin' way.
I was so jaded by Angelina Jolie. I wanted to hate this movie so badly. It kept coming on cable again and again and finally in November I was sick with the flu, it was Thursday morning, I think, and the only thing on the telly was The Bone Collector and so I bit. I lay there sick as a dog and watched the film.
Interestingly, Jolie wasn't taking full advantage of her considerable assets. Her hair was pulled back, make-up natural, she was dressed mostly in cop clothes and her acting was very low-key. She was in character. She was acting. I was impressed.
Denzel Washington had me within minutes. He's a gifted actor and the way he interacts with his supporting cast brings out the best in everyone else as well, like Queen Latifah and Luiz Guzman. I truly think Denzel was put on this earth to act.
The story is about a serial killer and they're running out of time to save people's lives. Denzel is paralyzed but a brilliant criminologist so he needs Angelina to run around doing his `leg work'. But since she's sort of a newby on the force, it's difficult for her to, say, saw the arms off a dead lady (so he can get her prints) she finds even though he asks her very nicely. There's lots of gross out stuff here for you sick people, too.
It's your typical 'crime/serial killer/ paralyzed cop' movie with a few twists. If you pay close enough attention to the film, you'll be moved at the end when the credits roll and they play that old song by Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel, "Don't Give Up." It fits.
I think this movie gave me my faith back in Angelina Jolie. I know she won an Oscar for 'Girl, Interupted' but I also know she makes weird choices like 'Wanted' and 'Gone in 60 Seconds'. My next Jolie foray will be 'The Changeling'.

DVD Review: the bone collector
Summary: 5 Stars

Angelina Jolie takes a lot of risks in acting and thats what makes her SO amazing! She can play any role that they think up of. Denzels paralyzed character is so strong, you fall in love with him! This movie is very suspenseful and a great watch! I highly recommend this movie to anyone who likes a great detective story because you will NOT be able to figure out who is the one killing every one until the very end :)

DVD Review: The Bone Collector {HD DVD}
Summary: 4 Stars

I saw this movie when first released and thought it was a good show at the time so bought it on HD DVD with a good performance by Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie four out of five .

Description of The Bone Collector

The only clues to a serial killers vicious crimes are pieces of a bizarre puzzle. And only onetime top homicide investigator lincoln rhyme can put the pieces together. With the help of a sharp young rookie rhyme realizes he and his partner may be the next targets and their first case could be their last. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 03/28/2006 Starring: Denzel Washington Angelina Jolie Run time: 118 minutes Rating: R Director: Phillip Noyce

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 Guzm?n) 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

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