The Bone Collector (DVD)

The Bone Collector was met with acclaim and critics and cinema-goers alike gave favourable reports. In such situations I often find myself disappointed when I (being both behind the times and penny-pinching) watch the film myself on video some time after its release. Would this be in the case in this instance? THE PLOT Denzel Washington plays Lincoln Rhyme, a police officer and expert in forensic investigation, who has been paralysed from the neck down with the exception of his index finger. When a serial killer strikes and seems to be leaving grisly clues to his next potential victim, Rhyme?s expertise is required to solve the case. Being ...

Stars: Denzyl Washington, Angelina Jolie Support: Quuen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Mike McGlone, Luis Guzman, Leland Orser, John Benjamin Hickey, Ed O’Neill Director: Philip Noyce I can not say I was expecting this to be a great movie when I saw the cast list. I am not a big fan of (The increasingly typecast)Denzyl Washington and the idea of seeing him in yet another detective role didn’t exactly get the heart pounding with anticipation. Looking further down the list we come to Queen Latifah, a female rap artist whose usual role is to get shot within minutes of being introduced into a movie and then we move on to Ed O’Neill famous for ...

Denzel Washington plays a cop who is left paralysed after a rescue attempt on duty. He is confined to his apartment and when the suspected kidnap of a wealthy couple turns up one dead body (with a twist) His Captain brings all the resources he has to him filling his apartment with machinery and people, because he is an expert in forensics and clues. Because his character cannot leave the apartment he assigns this girl policewoman to be his eyes at each crime scene and you really feel for her, as some of the things he asks her to do are awful. The movie progresses and there are more kidnap killings and still they try to figure out the clues that the ...