Review of Suspect Zero (2004) by Jason D — 22 May 2009

Suspect Zero is the crime thriller story of a disgraced FBI agent (Aaron Eckhart, starting to get more and more attention at this point) displaced in Albuquerque, NM amidst a bevy of killings and missing people reports.

He takes up the case of a serial killer (Ben Kingsley, whose terrific in this) who kills people in unusual methods, using a Zero symbol as his signature. What we come to realize is Kingsley's character was a former FBI agent trained in a secret project to use their minds to draw out scenes and people to flesh out real serial killers.

His character is in search of his and to disprove his proposed Suspect Zero theory about the perfect and unstoppable serial killer who has been killing hundreds of people. As Eckhart's character gets closer to obtaining one killer and Kingsley comes closer to obtaining his, both men will have to square up eventually and work together.

Sharp, clever story though a bit muddled in sloppiness, which is too bad considering director Elias Merhige did ths superior Shadow of a Vampire before this film. Eckhart and Kingley are what keep this film afloat.

Carrie-Anne Moss makes a wasted appearance as a fellow agent/former lover of Eckhart's. Her role was completely unnecessary. Good film, but definitely could have been better.