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- 2004
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2004
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2004
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
- 2004
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 39 m
Suspect Zero
37
4.5
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
37
14% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
48% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
38% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
37
14% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
48% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
38% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Merhige understands how exciting going to the edge of credibility can be without falling off, and he has the bravura talent and imagination needed to pull off the sheer, hurtling audacity of Suspect Zero.
Suspect Zero has enough going for it to eventually develop a cult following. But compared to "Silence of the Lambs" and "Seven," it's still the minor leagues.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 92 User Ratings
4.5
45% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
4% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
51% Negative
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 92 User Ratings
4.5
45% Positive
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
4% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
51% Negative
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
A novel twist in the second half succeeds in distinguishing this from the pack but also wrenches it away from the meager characters.
Merhige is too talented to be dismissed as a wannabe, but here his gifts for clever angles and oogy feelings are tethered to blasé genre redundancies and clunky storytelling. Looks great, less thrilling. I blame the screenwriters.
The movie's premise is as dopey as they come: A serial killer with a conscience is killing other serial killers.
It's not easy to make a thriller that's both incredibly convoluted and intensely boring, but director E. Elias Merhige scores on both counts with this lame excuse for a spooky crime story.
Finally, a serial-killer movie so preposterous, so garnished with accidental laugh lines and absent essential narrative logic it may actually put a permanent kibosh on this tediously overworked crime subgenre. Here's hoping, at any rate.
This was a weird and creepy movie. It's another one of those suspense thrillers in a long line of movies about serial killers, except this one has a bit of a twist in it. Ending was very anticlimactic. I found it to be entertaining, but not at the level of "Silence of the Lambs" or "Zodiac".
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Movies like this absolutely kill me! The story they have to work with is top notch, the cast is terrific, and the movie ****. The movie is all about tracking down this infamous serial killer with a horrible and gruesome reputation. They don't show what led to this reputation, any of his crimes, or what got them to that point. It's like jumping into a crappy direct to video sequel, after missing the blockbuster film that led to it. Nothing significant ever happens in this movie! Which then begs the question, what's the point in even making it?
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"Suspect Zero" is really as bad as thrillers come - it looks and feels like it took its inspiration from daytime television and bad serials. The movie builds tension and suspense, but at no time did I wonder what's going to happen next - I just kept wondering why the movie was going through so much effort to get there. Ben Kingsley could be considered a saving grace, but to me the fact that he is in here at all is more an indicator of how badly his career has fallen this decade (just look at his recent filmography).
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Production Company
Paramount Pictures,
Intermedia Films,
Lakeshore Entertainment,
Cruise/Wagner Productions,
IM Filmproduktions und Vertriebs GmbH and Co. KG
Release Date Aug 27, 2004
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating R
Tagline Your number is up
