The Bone Collector - The Bone Collector
Universal Studios (1999)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In Sammlung
#792
0*
DVD
118 Min.
IMDB

Denzel Washington Lincoln Rhyme
John Benjamin Hickey Dr. Barry Lehman
Angelina Jolie Amelia Donaghy
Queen Latifah Thelma
Mike McGlone Detective Kenny Solomon
Ed O'Neill Detective Paulie Sellitto
Leland Orser Richard Thompson / Marcus Andrews
Michael Rooker Captain Howard Cheney
Luis Guzman Eddie Ortiz
Bobby Cannavale Steve
Olivia Birkelund
Daniel Brochu
James Bulleit
Desmond Campbell
Frank Fontaine (II)
Zena Grey
Luis Guzmán
Phillip Noyce

Regisseur Phillip Noyce
Philip Noyce
Produzent Martin Bregman
Louis A. Stoller
Michael Bregman
Autor Jeffery Deaver
Jeremy Iacone
Kamera/Fotographie Dean Semler

Released in late 1999, The Bone Collector was originally promoted as a thriller in the tradition of The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, suggesting that it would earn a place among those earlier, better films. Nice try, but no cigar. The Bone Collector settles 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 moldy, 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 Collector is a pretty safe bet. --Jeff Shannon

Details der Edition
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Land USA
Sprache English
Edition Widescreen
Barcode 025192071621
Region 2
Kapitel 20
Erscheinungsdatum 28.08.2001
Verpackung Keep Case
Bildformat 2.35:1
Untertitel Arabic; Croatian; Danish; Dutch; English; Finnish; German; Greek; Hindi; Hungarian; Icelandic; Norwegian; Polish; Swedish; Turkish
Tonspuren English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Layer Einseitig, dual layer
Anzahl Disks/Bänder 1

Bonusmaterial
Spotlight on Location
Feature Commentary with Director Phillip Noyce
Production Notes
Cast and Filmmakers
Theatrical Trailer
Universal Showcase
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