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Suspect Zero (2004)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:6

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: Other than Ben Kingsley, there's not much to like in this preposterous thriller.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violent content, language and some nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Aug 27, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $8,570,393

Synopsis: It's 4 AM and torrents of rain pour down on a dusty roadside New Mexico diner. Inside, an innocuous looking salesman sips coffee while catching up on his fishing magazines. After the front door... It's 4 AM and torrents of rain pour down on a dusty roadside New Mexico diner. Inside, an innocuous looking salesman sips coffee while catching up on his fishing magazines. After the front door creaks open, an unusual looking man startles the salesman by sitting down at his table and displaying frightening drawings that send the salesman fleeing for the safety of his car. We meet Agent Thomas Mackelway on his first day of work at the Albuquerque field office of the FBI. Mackelway, wrestling with secrets and demons from his past, is plagues by headaches and feels that he is being watched. And in fact he is... but by whom? Mackelway finds himself mysteriously drawn into a bizarre series of murders: the salesman from the diner found dead in his car on the deserted New Mexico border; a sixth grade teacher from Boulder, Co. discovered in an abandoned vehicle in the diner parking lot; and Mackelay's own personal nemesis, killed while attacking a young girl. Mackelway's former partner, Fran Kulok, who knows Mackelway's deepest secrets, is sent to Albuquerque to assist him on the case. Together, they set out to solve this lethal puzzle. What do these murders have in common? The case becomes increasingly personal as Mackelway's determination turns to obsession. The killer seems to be taunting him, faxing him hundreds of maddening, chilling clues, all of which point to a cunning renegade named Benjamin O'Ryan. Trained in a secret government remote viewing program which enabled five elite agents to get into the hearts and minds of killers and their victims, O'Ryan became consumed with tracking the ultimate manifestation of a killer -- Suspect Zero. -- © Paramount Pictures [More]

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry J. Lennix

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry J. Lennix

Director: E. Elias Merhige

Director: E. Elias Merhige
Screenwriter: Billy Ray, Zak Penn
Producer: Paula Wagner
Composer: Clint Marsell
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Slips on the banana peel of exaggerated fear factor, falling facedown with the introduction of an über-creep serial killer (Ben Kingsley) grimly stalking some hapless prey.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/31/04
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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[A] visually jarring, psychologically daring trip that explores terror in a fresh, if crazy, manner.

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08/30/04
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Its junkiness shines through its posh patina. Exploitation is just no fun anymore, now that it's all so damn tasteful.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
08/28/04
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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A grisly, depraved and wholly uninvolving exercise in empty mannerism.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/27/04
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Suspect Zero is that rare case of a dull idea redeemed by sharp talent.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
08/27/04
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Merely adequate.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/27/04
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
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The movie is a black hole of failed ambition that mystifies on every level and offers zero payoff.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
08/27/04
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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The latest evidence that Hollywood has run the se rial-killer thriller into the ground through overuse.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/27/04
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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[A] pretentiously made and excruciatingly dull thriller.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
08/27/04
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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Suspect Zero may be nonsense but at least it's not bland nonsense.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
08/27/04
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Suspect Zero knows from creepy . . . and compelling.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/27/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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A gussied-up bore.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
08/27/04
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Suspect Zero never really escapes the shadow of Se7en but has more to say -- and show -- than most of that movie's imitators.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
08/27/04
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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For all its trying, Suspect Zero ultimately fails to hit home. It falls somewhere between a genre picture and arty exploration of big themes.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
08/27/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Too devised and elaborate to really engage us.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
08/27/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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This movie isn't talking to us, it's talking to other serial killer movies.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/27/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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If it's true that the state of New Mexico floated an interest-free, $7.5 million loan for the makers of Suspect Zero in exchange for 2.5% of the film's profits, look for a taxpayer revolt in the Land of Enchantment.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
08/26/04
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Perhaps a better title for this mess would have been Avenging Angels in America or, better yet, The Silence of the Logic.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
08/26/04
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Finally, a serial-killer movie so preposterous it may actually put a permanent kibosh on this tediously overworked crime subgenre.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/26/04
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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An apt metaphor for the times.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/26/04
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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