Did I miss anyone? Oh yeah, the killer - but you won't. There's the usual supporting cast for this sort of movie: The ex-partner who'd walk through Hell for his buddy, the incompetent bureaucrat who sees the murder as an opportunity to advance his own career, the nurse with a maternal aspect a mile wide and teeth and claws to match, a Latino technician who's irreverent as well as being the best there is. Pretty soon, half the forensics lab has moved into Rhyme brownstone, including the reluctant Donaghy who has some pretty serious issues. This gets the attention of her superiors, as well as Rhyme, who is, in a way, looking for a successor, someone to take his place when he dies. Patrolman Amelia Donaghy (Angelina Jolie, who seems to be appearing in every third movie this year) discovers the first grisly murder, and her quick thinking saves the crime scene from contamination. Naturally, a psychotic serial killer comes into the picture. To further complicate matters, he is suceptible to seizures, any one of which could render him a vegetable. Now, four years later, he is reduced to a man counting the days to his own demise, able to use only his shoulder and one finger, paralyzed from the neck down. He's decorated, respected and on top of the world - and he loses it all in a moment when his spine is crushed by a falling beam at a crime scene.
He's written textbooks that are the standard at the academy, as well as best-sellers for the general public.
Washington plays Lincoln Rhyme, the New York Police Department's top forensic investigator. It's a tad on the predictable side, for one. So, as far as "The Bone Collector" goes, what's not to like? ( Interview with Jeffrey Deaver, author of "The Bone Collector.") (Click on the images below to see larger versions and information about them.)
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