The Bone Collector . Tucson Weekly . 11-15-99

The Bone Collector

DIRECTED BY: Phillip Noyce

REVIEWED: 11-15-99

Denzel Washington's debut as a quadriplegic forensic detective isn't the worst police work we've ever seen, but suspense junkies will ferret out this plot in the first 20 minutes. When Det. Lincoln Rhymes (Washington) is called away from his suicide plans to track down a serial killer from his crime-lab bedside, he recruits beat cop Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie) to be his eyes and ears. More brutal than bone-chilling, this trip through damp, underground New York goes through all the motions of a suspense film -- grisly murders, vulnerable heroes, corrupt cops -- without delivering any real surprises. The biggest mystery is the bizarre love interest implied, but never developed, between Rhymes and Donaghy. A necrophilic affair between a white woman and black man paralyzed from the shoulders down? As with much of The Bone Collector, it's more trite than twisted.

--Mari Wadsworth

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