ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

view_and_review I've been watching so many terrible movies lately I almost don't know what to say about a decent film. "Suspect Zero" was definitely good.Agent Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart) is demoted to the Albuquerque F.B.I. field office from the Dallas field office. Right away you can tell that he is a big fish in a small pond and would rather be anywhere else. Before he can settle into his new digs he is thrust into a murder case chasing down Benjamin O'Ryan (Ben Kingsley) who is so elusive that he seems almost supernatural.For those who like cop movies this is a nice addition to the collection. There is the old fashion following the evidence with the small bonus of a killer that's seemingly taunting agent Mackelway. The whodunit aspect is a non-factor as the face of the killer is shown to the audience right away, but there is always the 'why'. And most of the time the 'why' is far more interesting than the 'who'.There is moderate intensity and solid acting. Ben Kingsley delivers really well as the near psychotic killer. But if you're thinking--"Oh, another psychotic genius that must be stopped. How original,"--don't. Yes he is a bit psychotic and he has above average intelligence but that's where the parallels end with all other similar movies. It's worth a watch.

Theo Robertson Not knowing anything about this movie before seeing it I decided to see to a spot of detective work and read some of the comments on the message board and found out that it was originally written in the mid 1990s by Zak Penn and did the rounds on the Hollywood pitch circuit . Warning sign number one , if a screenplay is doing the rounds and no one wants to produce it there might be a very good reason for this . When the screenplay did get snapped up it went through several uncredited rewrites . Warning sign number two , the more writers who worked on a movie script the worse it becomes so the signs aren't good The film starts with Ben Kingsley abducting someone . Perhaps this is warning sign number three ? Sir Ben Kingsley slumming it in a movie for the money leaves my spidey senses tingling that there's a bad movie ahead . Some people might add that since it's the opening sequence there's no suspense to be had because we know from the outset who the bad guy is but that's to miss the point that it's an American crime drama . Americans don't go for the Agatha Christie whodunit type of crime drama . Instead American crime drama is a more psychological type of story where the story concentrates on the flawed obsessive detective trying to catch the killer with constant obstacles in their way And this how SUSPECT ZERO plays out as detective Thomas Mackleway tries to track down Benjamin O'Ryan . The problem is that film has a very persuasive and original premise of a serial killer who is hunting down other serial killers . However this is not developed at all well and you're left thinking that you're watching a low grade version MANHUNTER or SILENCE OF THE LAMBS that has psychic pretensions . It's not quite art-house and not quite mainstream but never feels unique or idiosyncratic enough to life itself out the shadows of more better known and better made thrillers

djderka THE BACKGROUNDThe premise of this movie involves government experiments with "remote viewing" as a defense weapon during the cold war with USSR. And yes, the military (Pentagon) was experimenting with all kinds of bizarre experimental methodologies that not only mimicked the Russians but were often of their own creation. Remote viewing allows someone to "view" another place and time in their mind.Therefore, this movie really is a product of those paranoiac behaviors.EXTRASAnd it is a good one at that. You know the plot by now, so watch the movie. And do NOT miss the extras which explore quantum mechanics and the concept of zero, in which we are all interconnected by a miasma of energy.SERIAL KILLERS Everyone seems to try and "understand' the mind of a serial killer. Was it his/her background, talk shows, movies, the news, books, political parties, video games and on and on.REALITY Truth IS: Sly Stallone summed up the real deal with serial killers in TANGO AND CASH, where he confronts a killer, TANGO: :You are the disease and I am the cure". He then proceeds to shoot him. Quippy but accurate.

zaenkney Emotional, suspenseful, somewhat gory and, unfortunately, subject matter that will probably always be relevant. Crazy rapist/murderer/child abductor, those things I cannot even begin to get into. As far as remote viewing is concerned, who knows? Our minds have such untouched capabilities. Its almost indisputable that certain people have what appears to be unnatural insights, but are they really unnatural? Uncovering the source of these discernments would certainly be revelatory. Could it be genetics? How about a God given Spirit driven talent only for the chosen? Maybe we all have the ability, same as walking or talking, but we have been over-socialized and under-transcendentalised.Aaron Ekhart and Carrie-Ann Moss were just OK as two FBI agents/love interests working together, once again, after experiencing problems in another field office. Ekhart definitely had his moments but Moss never did seem to commit to her role, as she usually does.Ben Kingsley, on the other hand, was absolutely brilliant, as usual. I even teared up at the end, empathizing with the pain he felt regarding sticking around in a world where one would continuously perceive the anguish of past brutality. In fact, it might have benefited the storyline, I think, to have examined his character's experiences just a bit further, maybe in a sort of abstract way. In my very inexperienced opinion, the movie would have benefited from more time with Kingsley's character, for the sake of further developing his character, and just for the quality of this film. But, what do I know? Ben Kingsley rocks!