Stars: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Mike McGlone, Luis Guzman, Ed O'Neill, John Benjamin Hickey, Leland Orser

Director: Phillip Noyce

Summary: After an accident, a forensics expert, Lincoln Rhymes, is left only able to move his head and one finger. He is looked after by a loving nurse but the fear of a seizure, which would leave him a vegetable, is constantly present. This all changes when he receives clues from a serial killer, obviously needing forensic investigation, which sparks off a new interest in life for Lincoln...

In Phillip Noyce's gripping thriller, Denzel Washington is Lincoln Rhyme, a decorated New York City police officer and successful author of crime novels. After a freak accident on the job, Rhyme is left paralyzed from the neck down (except for his index finger). Angelina Jolie is Amelia Donaghy, a troubled cop who finds herself caught up in the investigation of a brutal serial killer. With the help of the bed-ridden Rhyme, she enters a dangerous world that threatens to add her to the killer's list.

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Released in late 1999, The Bone Collectorwas originally promoted as a thriller in the tradition of The Silence of the Lambsand Seven, suggesting that it would earn a place among those earlier, better films. Nice try, but no cigar. The Bone Collectorsettles instead for mere competence and the modest rewards of a well-handled formula. With a terrific cast at his service, director Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm, Patriot Games) turns the pulpy indulgence of Jeffery Deaver's novel into a slick potboiler that is grisly fun only if you don't pick it apart.

Noyce expertly builds palpable tension around a series of gruesome murders that lead us into the darkest nooks of New York City.

Now a bedridden quadriplegic prone to life-threatening seizures and suicidal depression, forensics detective Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) gets a new lease on life with a sharp young beat cop (Angelina Jolie) who's a wizard at analyzing crime scenes. She does field work while he deciphers clues from his high-tech Manhattan loft, and as they narrow the search their lives are increasingly endangered. As this formulaic plot grows mouldy, Noyce resorts to narrative shortcuts, using perfunctory scenes to manipulate the viewer and taking morbid pleasure in his revelation of the murder scenes. And yet it all works, to a point, and the cast (including Queen Latifah and Luiz Guzmán) is much better than the material. If you're looking for a few good thrills, The Bone Collectoris a pretty safe bet. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Original Theatrical Trailers, Cast And Director Interviews, Directors Commentary, Isolated Score, Filmographies
Subtitles:	Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	1999
Release Date:	August 7, 2000
Runtime:	113 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 30597
Keywords:	General, Collector, Bone, Drama, Thriller
Genre:	Thriller