Movie Review
The Bone Collector
by Gary Johnson
The Bone Collector is based upon a book by suspense novelist Jeffery Deaver, but if feels like the invention of Hollywood producers. It's a paint-by-numbers production, cobbled together from various sources. It's Silence of the Lambs combined with Seven, with a good dose of Rear Window (updated with a Jack Kervorkian outlook) added on top. As directed by Phillip Noyce, The Bone Collector doesn't survive comparison with any of these movies. It's rarely a boring movie, but it never comes to life on its own.