

The Bone Collector
Right now, this serial killer could be looking at his next victim.
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $73M
- Box office
- $151.5M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- taxi
- based on novel or book
- psychopath
- taxi driver
- bone
- partnership
- serial killer
- author
- crime scene
- rookie cop
- nypd
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Premiere2 Nov 1999
- TheatricalR5 Nov 1999
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1514 Jan 2000
United Arab EmiratesAE
- TV9 Mar 2016
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM18 Nov 1999
CanadaCA
- PremiereRMontréal Film Festival29 Aug 1999
- Theatrical14A4 Nov 1999
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical13 Jan 2000
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1826 Jan 2000
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1428 Jan 2000
CzechiaCZ
- Premiere18+Febio Film Festival24 Jan 2000
- Theatrical15+17 Feb 2000
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1621 Jan 2000
EgyptEG
- Theatrical9 Feb 2000
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical18 Feb 2000
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The Bone Collector was released on 4 November 1999.
Audience reviews
5- T7/10
tmdb15435519
4/15/2021
Probably my least favorite Denzel move. Nevertheless, both him and Angelina Jolie deliver a better than average performance in an interesting crime thriller. Nothing else to praise here.
- J7/10
JPV852
5/10/2021
Entertaining enough crime-thriller with both Washington and Jolie giving fine performances. Nothing outstanding and the dark mood doesn't always work (did like Craig Armstrong's score which I still listen to on my iPod). The ultimate reveal of the killer was a tad weak but otherwise it was okay. **3.25/5**
- T8/10
The Movie Mob
8/27/2022
**A sinister killer and ominous tone cement The Bone Collector as one of the best crime thrillers of the 90s.** The Bone Collector is one of the best thriller mystery movies out there! This eerie game of cat and mouse captivates its audience with its fast and foreboding pace and incredible performances from Denzel Washington and a young Angelina Jolie. Despite being over 20 years old and the flashy technology show…
- G5/10
GenerationofSwine
1/14/2023
Denzel Washington, he used to be all that didn't he? He single-handedly saved "Malcolm X" from being another Spike Lee disaster flick He played the ultimate and most loathable villain the world has ever seen in "Training Day" and in the process delivered one of the best performances we have ever had the pleasure of watching. And then he settled back to play "the smart cop." In "Fallen" he was the smart cop u…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
8/28/2023
Denzel Washington really didn't have to get out of bed for his performance here as "Lincoln"; a now-quadriplegic forensics expert who is prone to dangerous seizures. Not wishing to risk surviving one of these in a vegetative state, he has elected for euthanasia. Before he can implement his plan, though, his former colleagues alert him to a series of grisly murders with folks in taxis being hijacked and left to die in…
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