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HORROR: The Bone Collector
REVIEWER: Shane Gavin
RATING: C
REVIEW:
Someone must have thought Denzel Washington needed a rest, he spends
most of this film rested up in bed whilst Anjelina Jolie walks around carrying
out his commands kind of in a robotic way.
Directed by an Australian so I should hold back, but I found myslef
bored outta my mind with the poor relationships the characters had with
each other. If you want a crime investigation saga, sit down and watch
a few episodes of Profiler or Millennium. The relationships seems to have
not even been attempted by Noyce. The film although based on a book, has
an eeried resemblance to a real life serial killer (suspected taxi driver)
that is still stalking the streets in Perth. So on one hand it is more
than a little creepy for people. The killer however is no Travis Bickle.
The Killers motive was built up in such a way that you just wished
that you could get your money back. The film impressed me about as much
as a mirror impresses Vampire. The film kept me on edge at no point. The
first Taxi abduction carried with it about as much fear as accidently stepping
on a pea and squishing.
There are great serial killer thrillers and than there are lemons.
This one is definately a lemon that was well cast so as to make its money
back. If this is what Australian directors do when they go to Hollywood
I'm glad that abandon us.
The film throughout is moody and the Sewer/ Steam scene is brilliant
in its bubbling gore, but I'm sure I would have switched channels if it
were on TV.
C
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