Only DVD sitting around the place I was in, so I watched it. You figure the actors' agents dangled the other in front of them: "You'll get to work with Oscar winner Ben Kingsley"; "You'll get a chance to work with that interesting young actor Aaron...
- 29.March.2010
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- by: Democritus
- Democritus rated this movie
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Only DVD sitting around the place I was in, so I watched it. You figure the actors' agents dangled the other in front of them: "You'll get to work with Oscar winner Ben Kingsley"; "You'll get a chance to work with that interesting young actor Aaron Eckhardt." OK! We'll do it! And throw in Carrie Anne Moss for both to banter with off the set! Otherwise, this technically proficient eerie mystery movie is very familiar stuff. TV series ("X-Files" and a dozen others recently) have done variants for years: mixing strange dreams, visionary powers, murders, blurry and funny-colored sequences with disturbing mental images and clues. Finally an all-too-obvious explanation for what all the torment has been leading up to----a sicko killer only the telepathically inclined could get in touch with. If you just moved here from Antarctica, you may be blown away by the never-seen mysterious and foreboding mix of reality and otherworldiness, presented in an arty fashion. Otherwise, you may ask, why in the world did they bother with this again? Like I say, only for the actors. 2.5 stars. 10.09 ________ (Although, come to think of it, there is a brand new movie called "The Men Who Stare at Goats," albeit possibly with a semi-comic George Clooney twist to the old theme.)
- 29.March.2010
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- by: Democritus
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Suspect Zero had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it didn't capitalize on much of it. It's hard for me to say too much about the movie without giving away any major plot points, so I'll have to stick to the basics. Style seemed to rule over...
- 09.October.2009
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- by: Ethan Clapham
- Ethan Clapham rated this movie0/10
Suspect Zero had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it didn't capitalize on much of it. It's hard for me to say too much about the movie without giving away any major plot points, so I'll have to stick to the basics. Style seemed to rule over substance here. The upside: the style worked for this film very well. The lenses, filters, and angles used (I'm no expert, but...) really created the perfect atmosphere for a serial killer movie. The downside: amid all the disorienting camera work and harsh images, we only see lackluster characters and a fairly weak script.
The film's highpoint was certainly Ben Kingsley. He brought a "creepiness" to the movie that kept it from being a complete bore. Unfortunately, as great as Kingsley's character was, the other characters were transparent and stereotypical. The main two FBI agents in the film seem to have been "cut and pasted" right out of so many other crime thrillers. They have no depth, and I just didn't care about them. And without characters to draw the viewer in, the story can only be so engrossing.
Here's where the movie really failed: the story had so much potential. The "Suspect Zero" theory: that a single killer could cross the country, killing at random using no patterns, and get away with it. That is so cool, I'd love to see another movie take on this idea and do it right. But in Suspect Zero, that idea is squandered, pandering mostly to the Hollywood audience who love to watch cookie-cutter suspense films. Suspect Zero was so close, yet so far away...
If you're a fan of psychological crime thrillers, check out Suspect Zero. It's not a waste of time or a terrible movie, I just felt it could have been much more. If nothing else, Ben Kingsley is excellent.
- 09.October.2009
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- by: Ethan Clapham
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