The Bone Collector

5.00
    The Bone Collector
    1999

    Synopsis

    Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

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    Cast

    • Denzel WashingtonLincoln Rhyme
    • Angelina JolieAmelia Donaghy
    • Queen LatifahThelma
    • Michael RookerCaptain Howard Cheney
    • Michael McGloneDetective Kenny Solomon
    • Luis GuzmánEddie Ortiz
    • Leland OrserRichard Thompson
    • John Benjamin HickeyDr. Barry Lehman
    • Bobby CannavaleSteve, Amelia's Boyfriend
    • Ed O'NeillDetective Paulie Sellitto

    Recommendations

    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      A tribute to old-fashioned craftsmanship and skill both on and off the screen, it's as crisp and efficient as its law enforcement protagonists, able to make the best of its traditional genre elements.
    • 60

      Film.com

      Although the film disappoints in the final stretch (both the villain and his motive turn out to be very lame), it confidently thrills for most of its nearly two-hour length.
    • 58

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Quickly assumes the characteristics of a bad slasher movie.
    • 50

      Chicago Reader

      This mild thriller's consistently dark atmosphere makes the scene-of-the-crime tableaux...transcend exploitation and even suggest a kind of feminist odyssey.
    • 50

      San Francisco Examiner

      This is neither a psychological thriller nor an erotic one, so any interest in the story is purely the work of its stars.
    • 50

      USA Today

      The ending stinks.
    • 50

      The New York Times

      A cinematic game that might be called Urban Creep Show, New York-style.
    • 50

      Salon

      There's only one good reason to see The Bone Collector, and her name is Angelina Jolie.

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