murder by number be one of those movie that you expect be make for tv but isn not . consider the only actor of any note be bullock ( although michael pitt seem to be move onto big and good thing ) and it isn not a great surprise that this movie quickly fade away from memory to be replace by more important thing . like . remember to lock your front door when you go out . or put clothes back on when you come out of the shower . bullock play cassie mayweather and a cop with personal issue ( do not they all ) . together with her new partner ( a wet look ben chaplin ) and she be call to investigate the murder of a young woman . nothing unusual there except that the perps be a couple of teenage student who think they have plan and execute the perfect murder . a the investigation continue and a battle of will emerges between cassie and the main suspect richie haywood ( ryan gosling ) . the crippling issue here be that the two lead be hopeless . bullock and though she be very nice to look at and be about a believable in the role of a hardened cynical cop a rodney dangerfield ( actually and he would be good . ) . chaplin and for his sin and be a complete non entity and i feel sorry that he have to put this film on his cv in his attempt to break into hollywood . at least gosling and pitt and a the connive sneering suspect and acquit themselves adequately . a if dodgy lead weren not bad enough and a story that would send anybody to sleep and a highly predictable ( but illogical ) end shoot this film in the head before it have a chance to run . murder by number have absolutely nothing go for it and even a pointless nude scene by bullock wouldn not redeem it . well and just a little but still not enough to save it . forgettable and predictable and redundant this be one film that isn not go to move the cop genre forward . a cassie probably say on her next case and there nothing to see here people . move along and keep moving .