the bone collector be set in new york city and start a one of the world foremost criminologist and crime scene expert lincoln rhyme ( denzel washington ) be involve in an accident which leave him a bedridden quadriplegic . jump forward four year and alan ( gary swanson ) and his wife lindsay rubin ( olivia birkelund ) be kidnap and soon after new york cop amelia donaghy ( angelina jolie ) be call to a crime scene and find the buried and mutilate body of alan . amelia notice some unusual crime scene evidence and make a note of it which impress rhyme when he be ask to work on the case and he quickly realise the evidence be in fact cryptic clue to the whereabouts of lindsay . have crack the clue the cop get there too late to save her but this be just the beginning a a sadistic serial killer continue to kill and leave forensic clue for rhyme and the police . direct by phillip noyce i watch the bone collector last night and i have to say it one of the bad big budget post the silence of the lamb ( 1991 ) and se7en ( 1995 ) serial killer thriller i have see and in fact it make friday the 13th ( 1980 ) look sophisticated and realistic . the script by jeremy iacone be base on the book by jeffery deaver and be so poor on so many level i hardly know where to begin . for a start it take itself deadly seriously and that make all the other flaw seem twice as bad . the character be truly awful and i do not believe any of them be actual human being . first we have lincoln rhyme who be paralyse from the neck down and there just not a lot the script can do with him and in fact he quite literally can not do anything but lie in bed for the whole film . he be seemingly impressed with amelia because she stop a train and think a fresh footprint near a murdered person might be of relevance and i be not be funny here but wouldn not any cop realise a footprint near a murder victim might be of some relevance . why be he so impressed with her . then there capatin cheney who be not only unlikable and shout at everyone for no apparent reason but be so incompetent that he fail to connect several murder commit in a short space of time where each victim have section of flesh and skin surgically remove from their body and how exactly do this guy get to be a police captain . then there the killer whose motif be less than plausible and be you try to tell me they devise an intricate plan to murder at least seven people because they spend six year in jail for something they actually do . if they want revenge on rhyme why do they kill all those other people who have no connection to anything and i could maybe just about buy someone want revenge against the guy who put them away but not to kill several other people who have no connection to themselves and the intended target rhyme anything else . also after devise an intricate plan to kill these people and get away with it they suddenly turn into the most stupid person in history a despite hold a large knife and be able to walk and use their arm they be actually defeat and nearly kill by a quadriplegic who have no movement in his body below his neck . how do that happen . i should also mention amelia who be a terrible character and she actually buy her own camera to take crime scene photo and shoot rat for no apparent reason . besides some of the bad write character ever the story and plot isn not much well we never find out why the killer be use the bone collector book a inspiration we never find out why the killer be take strip of flesh from his victim . it never explain why a rookie cop like amelia be allow to enter crime scene even before the proper forensic team . there be no reason give for why the killer choose his victim . also the killer clue be a little obscure aren not they . i mean a bloody animal bone and shave rat hair . logically how do someone go from a bone and rat hair to the exact pinpoint location of the next victim and have the whole of new york to choose from . there some nonsense about a bird that sit on rhyme window ledge which be just totally random and at almost two hour the bone collector be really slow go . there be so much wrong with the bone collector and it all come down to one of the bad script ever and it atrocious on all level and have zero credibility . apparently angelina jolie have state that she shoot nude scene for this film but they be cut because they be felt to be too distract . with a supposed budget of about $ 48 and 000 and 000 the bone collector be well make with good production value and that hollywood gloss about it . i also must add right now that i think angelina jolie give one of the bad performance i have ever see and i think she be absolutely terrible in this . denzel washington just sort of lie there really and queen latifah be awful and even michael rooker can not do much a he be stick with a clichéd and one dimensional character . the bone collector have to be one of the bad hollywood film i have see in a while and i saw it for free on telly last night and i still feel cheated and rip off . there be just so many thing to poke hole at it silly and embarrassingly awful or should that be awfully embarrass . work either way to be honest .