Review of The Bone Collector (1999) by Pascal V — 09 Jun 2012

Denzel Washington is paralyzed from his neck down. Very conveniently though, he is left with feeling in exactly one finger, so he can still operate a mouse and thereby solve the crimes of a serial killer. His eyes and hands are provided by fellow police-officer Angelina Jolie, who apparently has some special skill in gathering evidence. This special skill doesn't seem to involve much more than her picking up a few things from the ground and taking some pictures.

There are many many more unprobable and unbelieveable elements. The serial killer himself is rather ridiculous, the clues he leaves are so absurd that they do not add to the tension at all.

Considering the ridiculous script, the acting is actually not bad (Washington's especially). Overall though, The Bone Collector is very disappointing.