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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Dramas

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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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Essentially an X-files episode that wishes it were as disturbing and visually arresting as David Fincher's Seven (it's not).

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
10/11/06
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

...one of those seemingly foolproof flicks that just doesn't work...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
04/30/05
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The self-consciously arty thriller is a sort of one-size-fits-all audience horror orgy, with an intriguing mix of fixations

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
11/02/04
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press

A poor man's 'Silence of the Lambs' crossed with 'Insomnia.' And that makes it at least a decent popcorn movie.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Mercury | comment Comment
11/01/04
Anthony Del Valle
Anthony Del Valle
Las Vegas Mercury

The whole thing would have been over a lot quicker if they had only called in Mulder and Scully.

Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
10/03/04
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Suspect Zero is trying so hard to be deliberately stylish that it forgets there's an interesting premise underneath all that vanity.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/27/04
Guylaine Cadorette
Guylaine Cadorette
Hollywood.com

Merhige treats the laughable plot as if it were high existential drama. He smothers what might have been a solid B picture in relentless art-house pretension.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment Comment
09/23/04
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

The film is undeniably flawed, yet the things that work do so beautifully.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
09/15/04
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

The mood is spooky, the murk ominous.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
09/10/04
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

...bogged down by stereotypical characters and haphazard direction.

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
09/04/04
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

Another serial-killer mystery in which no one gets out alive, least of all its clueless leads.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
09/03/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Merhige gets plenty of mileage out of these visions and the creepy, metallic sound design and score, almost managing to snuff out the film's more ordinary attributes.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
09/03/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

The real drama of the story is pretty much background for a conventional thriller.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
09/03/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Call it, Payoff Zero!

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
09/02/04
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Suspect Zero hits the middle ground, with a modestly compelling storyline ...

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
09/02/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

In the end, Suspect Zero is more interesting as filmmaking than it is as a thriller.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
09/01/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Is it a masterpiece or a bore?

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
09/01/04
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

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Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
09/01/04
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
Modamag.com
 
 
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