The Bone Collector

"Right now, this serial killer could be looking at his next victim."

Nov 5 1999 R 1h 58m
Crime, Drama, Mystery

Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.

Plot

Quadriplegic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Amelia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer.

Written by

Jeffery Deaver, Jeremy Iacone

Directed by

Phillip Noyce

Cast

Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

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