Review of Mr. Brooks (2007) by Chads. — 05 Jun 2007
Demi Moore isn't half-bad as an heiress-turned-detective(in what seems like her demo reel for serial television work), but her storyline isn't always ancilliary to the main narrative. "Mr.
Brooks" would be a leaner, more focused work if the filmmaker edited out the bit about the avenging parolee. The two action scenes between Detective Atwood and the renegade couple has you asking yourself, "What were they thinking?" Too bad, because the on-screen presence of a person's consciousness actually works this time(much better than it did in Luc Besson's "The Messenger"), especially when Earl Brooks(Kevin Costner) and his id(William Hurt) are in perfect alignment (Marshall stops playing devil's advocate and joins Mr.
Brooks in a good laugh). Billed as Costner's first bad guy-role, the sometimes effective("Field of Dreams", "The Upside of Anger"), sometimes not("The Postman", "Waterworld", etc.
) actor doesn't go all the way as Denzel Washington did in "Training Day"(Costner still gets to cry), but it's good to see him shoot some people for a change. A little less Moore and better editing late in the story(an on-screen murder looks like Earl's work, but it's not, I think), and "Mr.
Brooks" could've been Kevin Costner's "Collateral".
This review of Mr. Brooks (2007) was written by Chads. on 05 Jun 2007.
Mr. Brooks has generally received positive reviews.
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