Yes, it's thrilling, suspenseful and at times even
bone-chilling. One woman's scream becomes a crying
siren of emergency vehicles rushing to save her from
being boiled alive. That's an effective scene change.
In fact, "The Bone Collector" is a pretty good movie
right up to the end where it makes a clean break into
not being a very good movie -- fractured, as it were,
in several places.
The on and off Denzel, is more on in this movie
than off while Jolie is simply radiant. Denzel plays
a paralyzed homicide investigator for whom the rookie
cop Jolie becomes the eyes, ears and body. There's a
killer loose, he's leaving all kinds of TV movie
clues for Denzel to decode. The production, direction
and acting work as a team to keep this film alive and
kicking; unfortunately the poorly scripted climax
overwhelms them all with stale anti-drama and
ultimately leaves the picture itself somewhat
hog-tied and whimpering.
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