
Rating: 6 stars
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Seen on: 06/13/2011
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A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon’s victims of choice are other serial killers.
Rated R | Length 99 minutes
Carrie-Anne Moss | Michael Chapman | Frank Collison | Ben Kingsley | Aaron Eckhart | Buddy Joe Hooker | Harry Lennix | Robert Towne | Keith Campbell | William Mapother | Nicole DeHuff | Kevin Chamberlin | Boots Southerland | David House | Brady Coleman | Julian Reyes | Benjamin Petry | Jamie Haqqani | Richard Barela | Kevin Skousen | Ellen Blake | Daniel Smith | Kent Kirkpatrick | Marya Beauvais | Jane E. Goold | Curtis Plagge | Catherine Haun | Jerry Gardner | Dorsey Ray | Angelina Torres | Ed Dames | Aaron Donahue | William B. Johnson | Chloe Russell | David Ode | Miguel Zapata | Daniel Patrick Moriarty | Donn Owens | Lea Franklin | Jenny Cleveland | Letta E. Gorder | Cecilia L. Webb | Hope Bell | Xanndra Boehler | Elizabeth Latham
I’d describe myself as a fan of Elias Merhige if only he’d made enough movies to warrant fandom. Still, I love his Hollywood directorial debut, Shadow of the Vampire, and I even own and admire his avant garde film Begotten.
If you’ve ever watched Begotten, then you’ll know pretty quickly that Suspect Zero is very obviously a Merhige film; it carries over many of the experimental visuals of Begotten in some flashback and other non-linear scenes.
Unfortunately, the rest of the movie is fairly mediocre. It just seemed like the cast didn’t have as much to work with here, which is too bad because it’s a pretty decent cast, including Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart and Carrie Anne-Moss. When you’ve got those three together and there isn’t any chemistry, you can probably point fingers at the director.
After seeing this, it’s not hard to fathom why Merhige hasn’t done any major studio work since. According to IMDB he’s got something stewing for this year (2011) though; perhaps an indie effort that will re-establish him?
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