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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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A lifeless piece of work that sits there on the screen and doesn't even take the most tentative steps to engage the viewer.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
08/26/04
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

This is a movie that could give Oliver Stone a migraine.

Full Review Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram | comment Comment
08/26/04
Scott Von Doviak
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Another film about a creepy bald guy.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
08/26/04
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Smart and anxious.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
08/26/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

It's a movie on a treadmill--lots of energy going nowhere at all.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
08/26/04
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

Creepy but derivative.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
08/26/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Suspect Zero won't hold up particularly well on repeated viewings. But, for now, it's a decent scary movie to ease us into fall.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
08/26/04
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

A strangely flat and ploddingly formulaic mystery.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
08/26/04
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

What starts out as a crafty spin on the serial killer subgenre submits to overheated convention.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/26/04
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday

Requires more explanation than a director can possibly provide, even if Merhige was willing to continue his unusual strategy by appearing at a theater near you.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
08/26/04
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
FilmStew.com

This is a mystery in which there is no mystery.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
08/26/04
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Gets more preposterous and infuriating as it plods along.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
08/26/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

I don't believe the message, least of all as Merhige obsessively paints it, in a rain-drenched genre study in which every character is photographed on a tilt, or in extreme close-up.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
08/26/04
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

Sir Ben Kingsley’s good at chewing up the scenery, but even Kingsley can’t seem to find the right take on his character.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
08/26/04
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

It never builds characters to care about or a story that gets much better than its tricky, paranormal premise.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
08/26/04
Bob Townsend
Bob Townsend
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

It's so drenched in deviant style and cinematic trickery that its peculiar story almost becomes overwhelmed.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/26/04
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

A taut, effective serial killer thriller.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
08/26/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Aptly titled: zero thrills, zero sense, zero chance...a serial killer movie that's substandard despite one's low expectations of the genre.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
08/26/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

very few people will have the patience to wade through the conventional to reach the lone twist that sets Zero apart from its competition

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/26/04
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Filmcritic.com

[The film] needs more explanation than the director can possibly provide, even if he were to go to every theater in every city and explain its intricacies before every show.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
08/26/04
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
IGN Movies
 
 
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