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
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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.