Synopsis
A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
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Cast
- Aaron EckhartThomas Mackelway
- Ben KingsleyBenjamin O'Ryan
- Carrie-Anne MossFran Kulok
- Harry LennixRich Charleton
- Kevin ChamberlinHarold Speck
- Julian ReyesHighway Patrolman
- Keith CampbellRaymond Starkey
- Chloe RussellLoretta
- Ellen BlakeDolly
- William B. JohnsonMel
Recommendations
- 63
Chicago Tribune
The script isn't really good enough to worry about whether it's being over-directed; in fact, E. Elias Merhige's over-direction is one of the best things about this movie--along with Ben Kingsley's grimly unstoppable killer-of-killers, Benjamin O'Ryan. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Suspect Zero has enough going for it to eventually develop a cult following. But compared to "Silence of the Lambs" and "Seven," it's still the minor leagues. - 50
Dallas Observer
Merhige is too talented to be dismissed as a wannabe, but here his gifts for clever angles and oogy feelings are tethered to blasé genre redundancies and clunky storytelling. Looks great, less thrilling. I blame the screenwriters. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
The truth is, the freakiness kinda turns the director on, and he nearly strangles Suspect Zero with love. - 50
Charlotte Observer
Kingsley gets the film's one big emotional scene and makes it count. - 50
Miami Herald
Ultimately the story of someone who preys on other serial killers, but can't seem to come up with an original way in which to do it. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Fails to provide one essential ingredient: suspense. - 40
Variety
A plodding and familiar "cop sees what the killer sees" riff that plays like a poorly inflated "The X-Files" episode.
