- Actors: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker, Michael McGlone
- Directors: Phillip Noyce
- Writers: Jeffery Deaver, Jeremy Iacone
- Producers: Bo Dietl, Dan Jinks, Louis A. Stroller, Martin Bregman, Michael Bregman
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Columbia Tristar
- VHS Release Date: 12 Feb 2001
- Run Time: 118 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000057GND
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 18,042 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 mouldy, 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, Amazon.com
Synopsis
The Bone Collector is a shattering suspense-thriller in which two cops on the trial of a brutal serial killer must see as one, act as one and think as one before the next victim falls. Forced to rely on each other, the two must work together to capture the killer in the race against time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
this film has cleaned up well after it's upscale to blu ray and also sounds the part. the film it's self is great and keeps me hooked right from that start, some really good performances but still prefer Seven overall in this genre of movie but well worth the purchase.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Bone Collector is fast-paced and jerky, with very few plot holes. Angelina Jolie once again displays her beautiful acting talents as the fiesty Amelia. She carries off Amelia's brave but scared attitude as a forensic rookie well, and her use of inflection, movements and faciel expression to display her fear and determination is incredibly realsitic. Denzil Washington is his usual masterful self, once again proving that he is among the elite of black actors, and actors in general. The other characters are well-cast and well-played. The special effects (i.e. the corpses) are realistic and grusomely effective, and the music lends so much atmosphere to the film.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
A classic film made even better by the inhanced imaging and sound quality of blueray, a must buy
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Washington and Jolie at their best
Both Washington and Jolie give amazing performances in this chilling thriller as a paraplegic former crime scene examiner and a rookie cop who becomes his new apprentice. Read more
Published 1 month ago by P. A. Boyce
Bone collector/DVD
A realy great film,holds you in suspence with an explosive end,Had it all ready on Video but wanted it on Disc. Read more
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I have seen this film on quite a number of occasions now and it's one of those films that I'll sit through even though I've seen it many times. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Wayne Fergie
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Oooh i love this film, i watched it ages and i kept reminding myself to get the DVD as i only buy DVD's if i know i am going to watch a film over and over again. Buy it!!!
Published 8 months ago by Ms. Ja Berry
The Bone Collector DVD
This is a good film but it lacks the detail of the book. It is still worth watching though and I would recommend it.
Published 8 months ago by Mr. A. M. Elsworth
Jolie sizzles
First class movie,Denzel Washington is on top form per usual, but Angelina steals the show for me in this top notch thriller,she is beyond beautiful and proves she's not just a... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Douglas george hall
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i order this dvd with the second dvd i loved bone collecter ang was great and denzel i used to refused to buy anything with ang jolie in due to been a jennifer fan but im glad it... Read more
Published 20 months ago by vicki
oldies are still good
its a dvd you can put aside for a while,then watch it again,and still derive a great deal of excitment from it.great acting from denzel washington.
Published 21 months ago by J. bennett
Bone Collector
Classic film, I first bought in the normal DVD format and just had to have it in Blu Ray when it came out. A good thriller and well put together
Published 22 months ago by Mathew Philip Vernon Palmer
Brilliant!
I decided to buy the dvd after every time i saw it on the tv i would always have missed most of it and always catch the last 20 mins of it and i'm glad i bought it. Read more
Published on 16 May 2010 by Filmbuff 89
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