
"THE BONE COLLECTOR" ANGELINA JOLIE & DENZEL WASHINGTON
Review created: 06/20/08(updated 06/20/08)

AN "EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT" THRILLER FROM BEGINNING TO END. THE KIND WHERE YOU'RE SCREAMING FOR THE POSSE TO ARRIVE IN TIME! THIS WELL-WRITTEN, WELL-ACTED CRIME DRAMA STARTS OFF SLOWLY, LIKE A ROLLER-COASTER, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST TO KEEP FROM FREAKING OUT! THE ENDLESS TICKING OF THE CLOCK REMINDED ME OF EDGAR ALLEN POE'S "THE TELL-TALE HEART", BUT WITH A NEW TWIST..... BETRAYAL FROM WITHIN. NOT FROM WITHIN ONE'S SELF, BUT FROM WITHIN ONE'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS! THE PROTAGONIST AS THE ANTAGONIST. FAST-PACED AND AS CREEPY AS ANY HITCHCOCKIAN MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN, THIS MOVIE LEAVES YOU PANTING AT THE END, AND THE FINAL PLUNGE INTO THE ABYSS TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE 'SPECIAL EDITION', IF THERE IS ONE, MIGHT ADD TO THE HEAD-LONG TERROR THAT AWAITS YOU AT EVERY TURN. I WATCHED WHAT I WOULD ASSUME TO BE THE MORE "BARE-BONES" VHS VERSION, IF YOU'LL PARDEN MY PUN. CREEPY, CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND CLIMACTIC! JOLIE AND WASHINGTON ARE MASTERFUL IN THEIR PORTRAYALS OF THE MAIN 'GOOD GUYS'! THE ANIMUS BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR BOSS MAKE YOU WONDER WHO THE BAD GUY REALLY IS. BUT I'M NOT TELLIN'. YOU'LL HAVE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF! I'M GETTING THE BOOK. KDD
Review ID: 10000000007655224

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