Suspect Zero (2004)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.8/10   

Réalisateur:

E. Elias Merhige

Writers (WGA):

Zak Penn (story)
Zak Penn (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 août 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Accroche:

Who's next?

Plot:

A mysterious serial killer is hunting other serial killers - and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than they imagine.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Serial Killer | FBI Agent | Salesman | Murder

Avis des utilisateurs:

Sleeper or snorer?

Ensemble

Aaron Eckhart	...	Thomas Mackelway
Ben Kingsley	...	Benjamin O'Ryan
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Fran Kulok
Harry Lennix	...	Rich Charleton
Kevin Chamberlin	...	Harold Speck
Julian Reyes	...	Highway Patrolman
Keith Campbell	...	Raymond Starkey
Chloe Russell	...	Loretta
Ellen Blake	...	Dolly
William B. Johnson	...	Mel
Jerry Gardner	...	Sheriff Harry Dylan
Daniel Patrick Moriarty	...	Bud Granger
Curtis Plagge	...	Jumbo
Nicole DeHuff	...	Katie Potter
William Mapother	...	Bill Grieves

Autre(s) titre(s):

Suspect 0 (Philippines: English title)
Suspect Zero (France) [fr]
Suspect zéro (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for violent content, language and some nudity.

Durée:

USA:99 min | Argentina:99 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Classification:

Norway:15 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Ireland:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #40067) | Australia:MA | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16 | South Korea:15

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Anecdotes:

Richard Friedenberg, Ben Affleck, and Paul Schrader all worked on rewriting the script before Billy Ray.

Goofs:

Factual errors: About 40 minutes into the film, Special Agent Mackelway is pointing to a wall on which are many newspaper clippings, etc. Also on the wall is the F.B.I. shield, which is completely incorrect. There are only 9 stars on the shield rather than 13 stars as on the actual shield, the red and white stripes are diagonal rather than vertical, and the motto underneath the shield reads "Fidelity Bravery Justice", rather than the actual motto of "Fidelity Bravery Integrity".

Guillemet:

[O'Ryan has sit across from Speck without him noticing]
Benjamin O'Ryan: What's in the case?
Harold Speck: [looks up; startled] I'm sorry?
Benjamin O'Ryan: You're always lugging that case around. I'm curious, what do you sell?
Harold Speck: Restaurant supplies. I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.
Benjamin O'Ryan: You must travel a lot, huh? Whole country or just hereabouts?
Harold Speck: I don't mean to be rude, but...
Benjamin O'Ryan: How's your wife feel about it?
Harold Speck: *What*?
Benjamin O'Ryan: She must get lonely, you gone all the time. Does she?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2004-08-28)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

The Beginner

Sleeper or snorer?

There's a few interesting twists and turns in this film but not nearly enough to save it. Ben Kingsley gives a wonderful performance as a man that has spent too many years looking through the eyes of monsters. Aaron Eckhart is intense as the agent on the hunt. However, Carrie-Anne Moss seems to have text messaged her performance in. The camera work looked good, but was so formula it could have been straight out of a cinematography textbook. It uses virtually every camera trick ever seen in every movie Hitchcock ever made. "Suspect Zero" has the potential to be a thoroughly spellbinding film, but manages to come up short. Out of five stars, I'd rate it 2.5.