![]() ![]() ![]() But Angelina Jolie is miscast she pouts her way through the film looking like she's bored out of her mind. Washington does a good job as the paralyzed cop. The film's cinematography, production design, and editing are fine. Even so, good plot misdirection creates ample red herrings, so that the killer's identity is not a foregone conclusion. This could have been so easily fixed with the addition of a line or two of dialogue and/or a brief added scene near the film's beginning. But, the solution to the whodunit puzzle is ultimately unsatisfying because the screenwriter withholds important back-story from viewers. That inky darkness, together with a haunting musical score further amplifies suspense. In addition, the killer uses dark, subterranean spaces to torture and kill victims. That is the very definition of cinematic tension. From the get-go viewers understand that an intelligent maniac is on the loose, and could strike at any time. A bed ridden, paraplegic NYC detective, Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington), teams up with a rookie cop named Amelia (Angelina Jolie) to try and catch a serial killer, in this dark, moody atmospheric thriller from Director Phillip Noyce. ![]()
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