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Suspect Zero (2004)

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Reviews Counted:127

Fresh:22

Rotten:105

Average Rating:4.4/10

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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Apr 12, 2005

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A potpourri of random events designed to confound rather than intrigue the audience.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
08/28/04
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Despite fine performances by Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley, 'Suspect Zero' is a painfully muddled crime thriller.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment Comment
08/28/04
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

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

It's not easy to make a thriller that's both incredibly convoluted and intensely boring, but director E. Elias Merhige scores on both counts with this lame excuse for a spooky crime story.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/27/04
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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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A violent, depressing and often ridiculous waste of time.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/27/04
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

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 kind of by-the- numbers psychological/ action thriller that Paramount Pictures routinely makes with Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
08/27/04
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Suspect Zero is intriguing enough to be worth deciphering. It just delivers zero scares.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
08/27/04
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Among the lamest serial-killer movies ever made.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
08/27/04
M.E. Russell
M.E. Russell
Oregonian

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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Unless this is your first serial-killer movie, you've no doubt seen it all before.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
08/27/04
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Miami Herald

One of those agonizingly routine police procedurals.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
08/27/04
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

Suspect Zero will have you recoiling in your seat.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
08/27/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Sir Ben Kingsley chews up vast amounts of scenery in this unpleasant thriller.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
08/27/04
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

A cluttered overwrought thriller.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
08/27/04
Kevin Williamson
Kevin Williamson
Jam! Movies

[A] pretentiously made and excruciatingly dull thriller.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
08/27/04
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle

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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08/27/04
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