Suspect Zero

Infobox Film
name = Suspect Zero


caption = Promotional poster for "Suspect Zero"
director = E. Elias Merhige
producer = Lester Berman
Gaye Hirsch
E. Elias Merhige
Darren Miller
Paula Wagner
Tom Cruise (uncredited)
- Executive Producer -
Moritz Borman
Guy East
Gary Lucchesi
Tom Rosenberg
Jonathan Sanger
Nigel Sinclair
writer = Zak Penn (story/screenplay)
Billy Ray (screenplay)
narrator =
starring = Aaron Eckhart
Ben Kingsley
Carrie-Anne Moss
Kevin Chamberlin
Harry J. Lennix
music = Clint Mansell
Charles Mehling (song "The Beginner")
Austin Miles (song "I Come to the Garden Alone")
Rick Parker (song "The Beginner")
Robert Williams (song "What a Dream It's Been")
cinematography = Michael Chapman
editing = John Gilroy
Robert K. Lambert
distributor = - USA -
Paramount Pictures
- non-USA -
Columbia Pictures
released = August 27, 2004
runtime = 99 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget = $27,000,000 (estimated)
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.suspectzero.com/
amg_id = A290406
imdb_id = 0324127

"Suspect Zero" is a 2004 thriller, directed by E. Elias Merhige. It opened to decidedly mixed reviews, and failed to earn back half of its estimated $27 million production costs at the box office. It has also been criticized for having a similar ending as the movie Se7en.

Plot

FBI Agent Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart) and Agent Fran Kulok (Carrie-Anne Moss) are put on the trail of Ben O'Ryan (Ben Kingsley), a serial killer who exclusively targets other serial killers. As the investigation proceeds, the agents begin to become aware of the possible existence of Suspect Zero, a mythical "super serial killer" responsible for hundreds of deaths across all 50 States who leaves no evidence behind to link his crimes together. The agents must decide if O'Ryan is the key that will allow them to catch Suspect Zero, or if he is Suspect Zero himself.

As it turns out, O'Ryan was part of a secret government experiment attempting to cultivate telepathic abilities in individuals for military purposes. The experiments gave O'Ryan the ability to see the actions of serial killers. These disturbing visions constantly torment O'Ryan, and drive him to find the killers and kill them. O'Ryan seeks out Mackelway because Mackelway shares his abilities to some degree and was involved in a controversial case that made headlines. O'Ryan hunts down Suspect Zero, whose child victims are giving O'Ryan even more nightmares.

The actual "Suspect Zero" is a mentally sick man who travels over the United States with a truck. He targets children, which he kidnaps and transports to his ranch to be killed Eventually, Mackelway and O'Ryan find Suspect Zero at his ranch. After a struggle outside, Suspect Zero is killed by a rock from Mackelway. O'Ryan is then shot by Kulok who believes O'Ryan is trying to harm Mackelway but instead is trying to fulfill the prophecy which was foreseen earlier in the film.

A major theme of the film is remote viewing, and the DVD's extra features include interviews with people who worked with the US military and intelligence agencies as part of those programs.

Main cast

*Aaron Eckhart — Thomas Mackelway
*Ben Kingsley — Benjamin O'Ryan
*Carrie-Anne Moss — Fran Kulok
*Kevin Chamberlin — Harold Speck
*Harry J. Lennix — Rich Charleton

External links

* [http://www.suspectzero.com/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0324127|title=Suspect Zero