Simply A Masterpiece

Blistering performances.

The acting in this movie is really good.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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.

I enjoyed this script, the acting, everything about this film was excellent except sadly the ever so important sound track. Not that the music was horrible, it was just a very, very poor match to the film. I almost cringed half the time due to it not matching the tempo of the film. Plot, dialog, performances, all of it was stellar. I am very finicky with story-lines, I must have a good plot to follow or I am bored to death and this movie had it. With the right music this film would have easily hit a rating of 7 or 8 for me. Sadly the way it is now, I can only rate it a 5.5. All in all, it is still worth the watch and if you can realize from the start that it is the music setting the wrong tempo, then you may be able to overlook it and enjoy the film perhaps envisioning it how it could have been with the right sound.

Demoted for not following police procedure, aspirin-popping FBI agent Aaron Eckhart (as Thomas "Tom" Mackelway) has his hands full with the opening murder committed by creepy Ben Kingsley (as Benjamin O'Ryan). Apparently, Mr. Kingsley likes to kill people and cut off their eyelids. It's all part of an elaborate plot involving serial killers. The story is engrossing, but it leaves you feeling lost. The first killing scene does not allow space in the editing for the perpetrator to be in the victim's car. The tailgater is enough to redirect attention. This opens the door to the supernatural being involved; definitely a consideration, but one addressed later in the film. Everything eventually makes some sense, but it does feels like a cheat, especially when one character takes the other prisoner.***** Suspect Zero (8/27/04) E. Elias Merhige ~ Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix

Remove Viewing is a real life trained/learned discipline that was developed by Ingo Swann at Stanford Research Institute and adapted by the Government and utilized for twenty years in a Top Secret Psi-Ops unit. The results were astonishing and although much skepticism later if one is to delve deep into the science and its repeatable results the remarkable findings are undeniable.That said, incorporating this into a fictional serial-killer film had intriguing potential that was totally wasted and completely confusing. Remove Viewing itself is never satisfyingly explained or used for anything but a back-story to facilitate the breakdown of the RV practitioner and an excuse for his psychosis.In addition the film is all over the push-pin map and is so murky and kinetic that the whole affair becomes frustrating and futile. There are some tense moments and the movie is forever begging one to become involved but knocks the viewer upside the head with frantic editing and surreal images that are migraine inducing. A bottle of aspirin might help you to endure this pretentious mess, but the pain is ultimately too much to bare even for fans of the genre.