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Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Ann Moss
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Suspect Zero |
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This stylish thriller centers on an FBI search for a serial killer. Special Agent Tom Mackelway {Eckhart}is going through a tough time. Six months earlier, he nabbed a serial killer in Mexico, only to have the case thrown out on a technicality -- Tom hadn't gotten an extradition order before bringing the perp back to the U.S. After being excoriated in the press, Tom is demoted from his cushy position in Dallas to "the minors," the Albuquerque office. To make matters worse, Tom's been plagued with excruciating headaches which have left him on edge.
On his first day at his new job, Tom receives a ream of faxes. He's about to call the phone number listed on them when his boss sends him to the site of a grisly murder, where he's teamed with his former partner, Fran. (There's a hint these two were romantically involved in the past.) The victim is found with one of his eyelids cut away and a note, emblazoned with an O or zero, fastened to him. Tom figures that he might be dealing with a serial murder. When more killings with the same modus operandi and a plethora of faxes arrive at the office, he's sure of it.
Tom tracks down Benjamin O'Ryan (Kingsley), the person responsible for sending the faxes. This isn't hard to do, as O'Ryan seems to want Tom to find him. Once they meet, Tom has to decide if O'Ryan is the crazed murderer or, as O'Ryan himself claims, a renegade FBI agent on the trail of the killer. In addition, O'Ryan's faxes are prescient in regard to the victims as well as Tom's migraines. Could O'Ryan be clairvoyant? Even if Tom can accept this notion, he'd have a tough time convincing Fran and his higher-ups at the Bureau of this.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Suspect Zero |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Kind of mystery?
- psychic investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) bald
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southwest
Desert?
Yes
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- frozen
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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