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Suspect Zero (2004)

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Reviews Counted:127

Fresh:22

Rotten:105

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: Other than Ben Kingsley, there's not much to like in this preposterous thriller.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $8,570,393

Synopsis: It's 4 AM and torrents of rain pour down on a dusty roadside New Mexico diner. Inside, an innocuous looking salesman sips coffee while catching up on his fishing magazines. After the front door... It's 4 AM and torrents of rain pour down on a dusty roadside New Mexico diner. Inside, an innocuous looking salesman sips coffee while catching up on his fishing magazines. After the front door creaks open, an unusual looking man startles the salesman by sitting down at his table and displaying frightening drawings that send the salesman fleeing for the safety of his car. We meet Agent Thomas Mackelway on his first day of work at the Albuquerque field office of the FBI. Mackelway, wrestling with secrets and demons from his past, is plagues by headaches and feels that he is being watched. And in fact he is... but by whom? Mackelway finds himself mysteriously drawn into a bizarre series of murders: the salesman from the diner found dead in his car on the deserted New Mexico border; a sixth grade teacher from Boulder, Co. discovered in an abandoned vehicle in the diner parking lot; and Mackelay's own personal nemesis, killed while attacking a young girl. Mackelway's former partner, Fran Kulok, who knows Mackelway's deepest secrets, is sent to Albuquerque to assist him on the case. Together, they set out to solve this lethal puzzle. What do these murders have in common? The case becomes increasingly personal as Mackelway's determination turns to obsession. The killer seems to be taunting him, faxing him hundreds of maddening, chilling clues, all of which point to a cunning renegade named Benjamin O'Ryan. Trained in a secret government remote viewing program which enabled five elite agents to get into the hearts and minds of killers and their victims, O'Ryan became consumed with tracking the ultimate manifestation of a killer -- Suspect Zero. -- © Paramount Pictures [More]

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry J. Lennix

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry J. Lennix

Director: E. Elias Merhige

Director: E. Elias Merhige
Screenwriter: Billy Ray, Zak Penn
Producer: Paula Wagner
Composer: Clint Marsell
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Jim Lane

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 07 2008 03:15 AM

Sacramento News & Review

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.5/4

Russ Breimeier

Essentially an X-files episode that wishes it were as disturbing and visually arresting as David Fincher's Seven (it's not).

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 11 2006 02:44 PM

Christianity Today

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1.5/5

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 06 2005 07:29 PM

Film Threat

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2/4

David Nusair

...one of those seemingly foolproof flicks that just doesn't work...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 30 2005 03:19 AM

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Prairie Miller

The self-consciously arty thriller is a sort of one-size-fits-all audience horror orgy, with an intriguing mix of fixations

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 02 2004 11:47 AM

Long Island Press

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3/5

Anthony Del Valle

A poor man's 'Silence of the Lambs' crossed with 'Insomnia.' And that makes it at least a decent popcorn movie.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 01 2004 11:20 AM

Las Vegas Mercury

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2/4

Greg Maki

The whole thing would have been over a lot quicker if they had only called in Mulder and Scully.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 03 2004 01:50 PM

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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2/5

Guylaine Cadorette

Suspect Zero is trying so hard to be deliberately stylish that it forgets there's an interesting premise underneath all that vanity.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 27 2004 11:46 AM

Hollywood.com

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Thomas Peyser

Merhige treats the laughable plot as if it were high existential drama. He smothers what might have been a solid B picture in relentless art-house pretension.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 23 2004 04:39 AM

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

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3/4

Mike McGranaghan

The film is undeniably flawed, yet the things that work do so beautifully.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 15 2004 03:33 PM

Aisle Seat

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Cynthia Fuchs

The mood is spooky, the murk ominous.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 10 2004 04:08 PM

PopMatters

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2/4

Tony Toscano

...bogged down by stereotypical characters and haphazard direction.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 04 2004 09:54 AM

Talking Pictures (U.S.)

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Thomas Delapa

Another serial-killer mystery in which no one gets out alive, least of all its clueless leads.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 03 2004 03:52 PM

Boulder Weekly

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3/5

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Merhige gets plenty of mileage out of these visions and the creepy, metallic sound design and score, almost managing to snuff out the film's more ordinary attributes.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 03 2004 01:13 PM

Combustible Celluloid

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2/5

Daniel M. Kimmel

The real drama of the story is pretty much background for a conventional thriller.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 03 2004 03:48 AM

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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3/5

Jules Brenner

Call it, Payoff Zero!

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 02 2004 04:46 PM

Cinema Signals

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2.5/4

Lori Hoffman

Suspect Zero hits the middle ground, with a modestly compelling storyline ...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 02 2004 02:02 PM

Atlantic City Weekly

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3.5/5

Ken Hanke

In the end, Suspect Zero is more interesting as filmmaking than it is as a thriller.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 01 2004 10:39 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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2/4

Marty Mapes

Is it a masterpiece or a bore?

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 01 2004 10:15 PM

Movie Habit

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2/10

Susan Granger

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 01 2004 12:07 PM

Modamag.com

 
 
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