Prime Suspect

Starring:Mike Farrell, Teri Garr, Veronica Cartwright, Lane Smith, Barry Corbin, James Sloyan, Charles Aidman, Matthew Faison, Ronald G. Joseph, Nan Martin, Peter Hobbs, Terry Kiser, Ray Girardin, Martina Deignan, Penelope Windust, Ruth Silveira, Charles Shull, Elizabeth Hoy, Eunice Christopher, Billy James (II)
Director: Noel Black
Studio: Simitar Ent.
Product Type: DVD

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Jane Tennison's Last Hurrah
Just fantastic

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ASIN: B000R349HU
Release Date: 2007-08-28

Customer Reviews:

Jane Tennison's Last Hurrah.......2007-06-10

The best Prime Suspect was definitely saved for last. In Prime Suspect 6, Jane Tennison rose to an entirely new level as she fought insubordination and calls to retire, while solving a complex international murder. In Prime Suspect 7, Jane Tennison faces new challenges, but most of these challenges come from within, as she struggles with alcoholism and the death of her father, all while trying to solve her most challenging case yet. The drama and suspense of Prime Suspect 7 is as great as we have seen in the past, but what makes this Prime Suspect the best yet is the extraordinary depth of Jane Tennison. Helen Mirren delivers yet another brilliant and masterful performance in the role that has defined her career.

Just fantastic.......2007-06-10

I've just seen this episode in french and it's fantastic.Helen Mirren is a gem.The suspense is gripping.I'm looking forward for the release on DVD.I have the other six episodes.It's a shame this is the last one.Bravo Dame Helen.

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Excellent show
Wow! Puts the American police procedurals to shame!
Very Brittish!
Great actress, great series!
Prime Suspect 1

Prime Suspect 1
Starring: Helen Mirren , John Benfield , Tom Bell , John Bowe , and Zoë Wanamaker
Director: Christopher Menaul
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ASIN: B0000AYJV5
Release Date: 2003-10-14

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Helen Mirren's Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the only female DCI on an old boy's club London homicide squad, is like a phantom lurking around the edges of the action while the men rush through their latest murder case, joshing and winking in the kind of male camaraderie the cop genre has celebrated for decades. When DCI Shefford dies of a sudden heart attack, Tennison demands to take over. Despite her superintendent's resistance ("Give her this case and she'll start expecting more."), she becomes the squad's first woman to head a murder investigation. Scrutinized at every moment by her superior officers, Tennison is faced with a case that spirals out from a single murder to a serial spree, a second-in-command who undermines her authority and her investigation at every turn, a team resistant to taking orders from a woman, and a private life unraveling due to her professional diligence. Lynda La Plant's script is a compelling thriller riddled with ambiguity that turns dead ends, blind alleys, and the mundane legwork of real-life cops into fascinating details. Mirren commands the role of Tennison with authority, intelligence, and a touch of overachieving desperation. Superb performances, excellent writing, and understated direction make this BBC miniseries one of the most involving mysteries in years. Look for future British stars Ralph Fiennes and Tom Wilkinson in supporting roles. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Helen Mirren (Teaching Mrs. Tingle/Gosford Park) introduces the character of Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the first of the series PRIME SUSPECT, which aired on PBS in January 1992. There will be five series in all, with a sixth currently set to air in the summer of 2004. When a young woman is found brutally murdered and the DCI in charge is unable to take up the case, it is passed to Jane Tennison, the first female DCI to handle such responsibility. Between a slippery suspect and resistance from her team of detectives, Tennison has her hands full. But she's got the strength to take them all on.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent show.......2007-05-08

Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is in charge of the investigation to uncover a serial killer who rapes, tortures, and brutally murders prostitutes in London. Tennison is put in charge after one of her fellow DCIs has a heart attack and dies. She inherits the murder case and soon comes across the connected second murder. If trying to solve not one but two rape-murder cases is not enough, Jane's work is complicated by the hostility of her staff. The members of the male-dominated police department feel humiliated and have problems following the orders of the female boss, no matter how intelligent, tough, organized, and fit for the position she is. Tennison's obsession with the cases and fighting for credibility and respect from her colleagues don't help to her relationship with the boyfriend Peter Rawlins (Tom Wilkinson), either. Helen Mirren is superb as DCI Tennison playing the character that is sympathetic, tough, vulnerable, bright, very clever, and sexy - all at the same time. Mirren was voted the sexiest 60+ star in the word few months ago. I think she's been always incredibly attractive and desirable - and always will be. She definitely lit the screen at 46, in her first season of "Prime Suspect" (1991). Creator of the show, Lynda La Plante wrote the story that ranks among the best police procedures and it is terrific - complex, dynamic, with unexpected turns, and interesting multidimensional characters. Ralph Fiennes played one of his first roles as a boyfriend of a murdered girl and he was memorable in a very emotional scene opposite Mirren. I look forward for more DVDs with the rest of the seasons coming from Netflix.

Wow! Puts the American police procedurals to shame!.......2007-04-15

I was amazed by the character development, plotting and overall quality of this program. Graphic and gritty, this episode really creates a sense of what working as a detective must be like. I also appreciate the genuine London setting rather than the usual Southern California film set. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the series soon.

Very Brittish!.......2007-04-10

This series is exactly what the English love about mystery and crime. It's a tad bit dull compared to what we are used to with cop shows and series like "The Shield". That being said, this series is well done and does capture you over time. Rather than individual crime stories, this series contains only one crime investigation. If you like drama and cop stories, this is a good one.

Great actress, great series!.......2007-02-12

I think Helen Mirren is one of the finest actresses alive today, love this series (all the seasons of it), and love seeing her over the years in this series.

Prime Suspect 1.......2007-01-10

This is brilliant gritty British TV at its best. Every one in the series is excellent, I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who enjoys great acting (Helen Mirren is fantastic) and strong story lines.

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Big Fan
No Sophomore Slump Here!
Detective Series, Quality of a well made movie
Prime Suspect 2
Prime Suspect 2

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Starring: Helen Mirren , Colin Salmon , John Benfield , Jack Ellis (III) , and Craig Fairbrass
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ASIN: B0000X2ET2
Release Date: 2004-02-24

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In the first Prime Suspect, Helen Mirren's ballsy woman Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennyson battled the boys club and their sexist barbs to prove herself in a chauvinist department. In Prime Suspect 2, she's assigned to head a racially charged murder investigation in a largely African/Caribbean neighborhood. It's politics as usual in the image-conscious organization, so the superintendent adds to the team black Detective Robert Oswalde (Colin Salma), a sharp but hot-headed investigator who has just broken off an affair with Tennyson. Now Tennyson grapples with her own conflicted feelings while fighting political and public-relations battles both in the media and within the police system itself in the midst of investigating the labyrinthine case. Between the scant clues left to sift, a prime suspect on the verge of death himself, and divisions in her own team that result in a devastating death, Tennyson soon begins to suspect she's been hung out to dry by the department. Screenwriter Allan Cubitt dives into the murky waters of volatile racial and social relations to create an even more complex and compelling mystery in Tennyson's second appearance, and Mirren rises to the challenge to explore the contradictions of an uncompromising cop in a compromising position. --Sean Axmaker

Description

Helen Mirren is Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the second season of Prime Suspect. This case involves a death in the Afro-Caribbean community that puts D.C.I. Tennison and the rest of the police force in the middle of a racial controvery.

Customer Reviews:

Big Fan.......2007-07-06

I really enjoyed the 2nd episode. It has all the original cast, and shows the transition of Det. Tennyson. Its a rehash for me, I saw all on PBS. Its great to see quality in this dumbed down world.

No Sophomore Slump Here!.......2007-04-24

Prime Suspect 2 is just as well made and compelling as its predecessor. This story was especially interesting because of the race relations angle that was a focus of much of the program. Helen Mirren's Jane is not always a likable character but she seems very very real and the series really showcases what a fine actress Mirren is.

Detective Series, Quality of a well made movie.......2007-03-15

Helen Mirren is the best. I wish I had "discovered" her and this series a long time ago. Great stories without all the trappings of plastic Hollywood series.

Prime Suspect 2.......2007-01-22

Another great movie with Helen Mirren.. Great for detective and crime story fans!

Prime Suspect 2.......2007-01-10

This is brilliant gritty British TV at its best. Every one in the series is excellent, I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who enjoys great acting (Helen Mirren is fantastic) and strong story lines.

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Prime Suspect#6
Poorly packaged.
Simply breathtaking
The absolute BEST television crime drama!
Great actress, great series!

Prime Suspect 5
Starring: Helen Mirren , John McArdle , Julia Lane , David O'Hara , and John Brobbey
Director: Philip Davis
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ASIN: B0001ADB5U
Release Date: 2004-04-20

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Helen Mirren is Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the fifth of the series Prime Suspect that aired on PBS in January, 1992. Having been demoted and transferred to the north, D.C.I. Tennison finds herself under-used until she gets a case where a 12-year-old-boy confesses to murder.

Customer Reviews:

Prime Suspect#6.......2007-06-13

Just love Helen Mirren. I have them all. I wish there were more. She is a striving woman in a men's world.

Poorly packaged........2007-05-06

I ordered the entire series of this excellent show. Unfortunately, I had to order episode #5 three times before I got one that arrived undamaged. Seems the discs were not properly secured inside the package and they arrived scratched. I was not pleased to have been charged the cost of return shipping to Amazon. I will think twice before ordering anymore DVDs from Amazon.

Simply breathtaking.......2007-03-03

As in every film she appears in, Helen Mirren takes my breath away in Prime Suspect 5. It's impossible to take your eyes off her when she's on screen, and I can watch her movies endlessly and always find new depth in her characterizations. This entry in the series is just as good as 1,2,3,6 and 7 (4 was still good, but broken up into shorter stories, so for me not as impactful). Mirren is divine, and as much as I love all her performances, her embodiment of the complex, lonely and deeply ethical Tennison will always be my favorite.

The absolute BEST television crime drama!.......2007-02-15

Helen Mirren is my new favorite actor, and in this British drama, she captivated me. I never wanted the DVD to end!

Great actress, great series!.......2007-02-12

You must see ALL the seasons of this series. Helen Mirren is the best!

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Prime Suspect#4
Gripping, psychologically intense and gratifying!!
The Greatest Police Drama Continues
superb work by Mirren, et al.
Wrong George Marlowe but always right Jane Tennison

Prime Suspect 4
Starring: Helen Mirren , Thomas Russell , James Laurenson , Helene Kvale , and Jill Baker
Director: Sarah Pia Anderson , Paul Marcus , and John Madden
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ASIN: B0001ADB5K
Release Date: 2004-04-20

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Helen Mirren is Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison who is promoted to Detective Superintendent. In this Fourth series three two-hour episodes are included: The Lost Child, Inner Circles, The Scent of Darkness.

Customer Reviews:

Prime Suspect#4.......2007-06-13

More of a wonderful actress. She is not afraid to say what she thinks in a man's world. Her entire series is Good.

Gripping, psychologically intense and gratifying!!.......2006-03-18

Don't worry--Helen Mirren is as electrifying in this three episode series as she ever was. This series raises the bar on police detective drama--the psychological intensity and complexity are second to none!!

The Greatest Police Drama Continues.......2006-02-14

Prime Suspect 4 was different from the prior three series as this had three stories and three episodes instead of one story presented over 3 episodes. Superintendent Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is the no nonsense head detective that sees through the muck to find the killer despite her superior's lack of support.

The Lost Child - Directed by Shakespeare in Love's John Madden. In the usual Prime Suspect twist, Jane has just had an abortion and on her return she is assigned a child abduction case. The Prime Suspect is a man that physically abused his stepdaughter, Chris Hughes (Robert Glenister) but his current girlfriend has given him a solid alibi. When the baby is found dead in a sluice, Jane puts the investigation into overdrive. But when an overzealous police officer shows Hughes' girlfriend a therapy tape, she recants her alibi. This sends the team after the wrong man.

Inner Circles - After a pair of intruders are caught, the owners dead body is found. When the local DCI is "otherwise engaged," Jane is brought in and she is more interested in who did it than keeping the peace of the quiet town. The country club inner circle wants the murder to be charged on the intruders but the facts do not support this. In fact, the victim had financial problems and was involved in a notorious counsel land deal. When Jane figures it out, the killer himself has been murdered. Now she has to prove who was behind it all.

The Scent of Darkness - A woman's body is found and everything points the killer to be Marlowe. But Marlowe is in jail (see Prime Suspect 1). Now Jane has to figure out who is the copycat killer. And is there an additional motive behind the killing. When Jane refuses to consider the new murders could be linked to the old, a member of team leaks details of the murders. Or is it her new boyfriend. Jane gets taken off the case but she continues to investigate and finds out the reason Marlowe was killing his victims. But now she needs to put together the reason why the new murders are happening.

Prime Suspect is the best police drama ever. Saying these are not as good as the first two is like comparing two fine wines. These are still better than anything you will find on television. Helen Mirren has created a detective of great insight that is battling a sexist hierarchy. Tennison's bosses know that she is the best but cannot give acknowledgement of this to a woman. Therefore, when she is in charge, she takes no guff and no prisoners.

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superb work by Mirren, et al........2005-07-21

The three stories in this installment of the Prime Suspect series are intense, absorbing, beautifully done. As mentioned in other reviews, the re-casting of the George Marlowe character in 'The Scent of Darkness' is strange, but not fatal to the telling of the tale.

Warning: there are no extras whatsoever in this DVD set (which is why I give it four instead of five stars) -- no commentary, no language/subtitles options, no additional features re: the making or the people involved in the making of, nothing. Just three excellent Jane Tennyson stories.

Wrong George Marlowe but always right Jane Tennison.......2004-02-11

Another reviewer at Amazon was exactly right in pinpointing the weakness of this entry in the series as being the decision to revisit the Marlowe character from Prime Suspect 1 but with a different actor playing him. The first Marlowe had such an interesting ambiguity, a likeability and seeming sympathy, that this one, albeit a good actor, unfortunately can not match. That said, however, that the actual crime being investigated is the least convincing part of Prime Suspect 4 doesn't lessen the episode's impact. Prime Suspect's "not as good" is still loads better than most other crime dramas, the reason being that Jane Tennison is such a compelling character and she is surrounded with equally complex supporting figures. Several of the key cast members in Prime Suspect 4 are detectives and superior officers that we've gotten to know in the preceding episodes. The fact that the case necessitates a re-opening of the Marlowe case, the case upon which Tennison's career as a D.C.I. was established, makes this an even more intimate look at her personality, how she works with her colleagues and how that, combined with departmental politics, impact on her approach and effectiveness in her work. Her private life takes on more significance here for her current lover, a psychologist, has participated in a book written on the case. The intelligence of the series, however, is that we are seeing more of her personal life not to make this into a chick flick melodrama but to examine more closely the workings of her professional world and her particular place in it both as a woman and as the very individual woman she is.
And yes, Jane is still having some issues with smoking.

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Prime Suspect 6
All Helen Mirren Prime Suspect Series which I purchased
Wonderful as always!
Great Way to End
They saved the best for last

Prime Suspect 6 - The Last Witness
Starring: Helen Mirren , Oleg Menshikov , Ben Miles , Robert Pugh , and Clare Holman
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ASIN: B0001I56LE
Release Date: 2004-05-18

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Helen Mirren returns in triumph to the role that brought her international stardom, British police inspector Jane Tennison, in the sixth series of Prime Suspect. Tennison finds herself being pressured to retire and responds by seizing a difficult homicide investigation: A young female Bosnian refugee has been tortured and murdered. As the trail begins to suggest connections to war atrocities in the Balkans, Tennison finds herself struggling with resistance from higher up, uncooperative and ambitious underlings, and deeply buried secrets. The strength of Prime Suspect has always been how it merges suspenseful detective work with an intricate grasp of police politics, and The Last Witness is no exception. The plot unfolds masterfully, the program is directed with striking visual style, and Mirren (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, Gosford Park) commands the screen. Her authority in this role, honed through five previous series, is unmatchable; the richness of the character--steely, sexy, obsessive, rash, cunning--makes Prime Suspect essential viewing. --Bret Fetzer

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It's been thirty years of police work for Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison. She's older, in some ways wiser, still fighting the urge for a cigarette & still fighting the "men only" attitude of the force. Ripe for retirement in the eyes of some. Tennison is still up for a fight, and she'll need all the energy she can muster when she takes on the darker forces of British government in search of a sadistic killer with a guilty past.

Customer Reviews:

Prime Suspect 6.......2007-03-11

I really enjoy Helen Mirren movies. I do have a hard time making out the dialogue, but it is well worth viewing.

All Helen Mirren Prime Suspect Series which I purchased.......2007-03-08

All of them are fantastic - they are in my classic collection and I value them

Wonderful as always!.......2007-02-12

I am on pins and needles for the DVD of Prime Suspect 7!

Great Way to End.......2007-01-17

Ending a series usually goes betraying the characters or their fans. This was the exception, of course HM's acting was impecable but the writing was great, the closest it can get to reality, to human condition and at the same time leaves you with a sense of hope for a very dear character regardless of her flaws and not so wise decisions. Not tragic, not fairy tale, simply positive and realistic and hopeful. As long as there is hope... It will be missed!!!

They saved the best for last.......2006-04-27

Prime Suspect 6 is, without question, the best of the Prime Suspect series. The combination of a stellar cast, a fantastic script, inventive cinematography, and a haunting score add up to one of the more entertaining dramas I've seen, period. Helen Mirren is, as usual, outstanding in the role of Jane Tennison. The character is as strong as ever there is a real depth to her character in PS6, including some great scenes with Jane's father. I recommend this wholeheartedly. If you're a fan of Prime Suspect, and who else would be looking at this, you are going to love it.

I agree that the fact it is not widescreen is a disappointment, but it is still very enjoyable. I believe the UK edition (widescreen) is now out of print, so this is the one we've got. I'm not complaining.

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Dealing in stereotypes
Helen Mirren, the BEST!
Prime Suspect 1
Still Prime!
The only one to buy after the first.

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Starring: Helen Mirren , Peter Capaldi , Michael Shannon , Greg Saunders , and David Thewlis
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Release Date: 2004-02-24

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Helen Mirren is Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison and has been transferred to a new station and now has the job of cleaning up the streets of Soho. D.C.I. Tennison takes the team into the underworld of teenage prostitution, pornography and runaways in the third season of Prime Suspect.

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Dealing in stereotypes.......2007-07-03

In several of the entries in the "Prime Suspect" series Helen Mirren, as Detective Chief Inspector (later Superintendant) Jane Tennison and the writing have richly deserved all the accolades that have been heaped upon them over nearly twenty years, but that unfortunately is not the case here. This is the only entry besides the first that was written by the series creator Lynda LaPlante, but the writing is extremely weak. This time, Tennison is trying to uncover the truth about a gay pedophilic ring that involves murder, molestation, and child pornography, and all the gay characters Tennison interviews are either delicate victims or monstrous predators (or both). Everything seems lurid and sensationalistic. The director, David Drury, made the ghastly choice to have a boy's choir pipe in incessantly every time Tennison's detectives come across one of the young street hustlers, as if we might forget that innocence has been corrupted. We are also treated to such cliches as fluttery drag queens and menacing AIDS-infected children who inflict deadly bites on the detectives; and it's no good excusing all this by chalking it up to the attitudes of the times, because by 1994 LaPlante truly should have known better. The stereotyping of gay characters is so excessive that in the first episode I knew that there'd have to be at least one suicide attempt among the gay characters: there are no less than three of these, and since two of them seem wildly telegraphed ahead of time in Tennison's immediate proximity she seems like a terrible detective. And she doesn't seem much better as a boss, either, this time around. Usually Tennison must contend with both superiors and subordinates constantly undermining her authority because of her gender, but though her superiors are genuinely out to get her again, here Tennison's underlings seem to be doing the best they can, even though they're constantly being barked at by her for everything imaginable. If you hadn't seen the previous entrants in the series, you'd just think she were just an unpleasant crank.

Mirren, normally an unimpeachable actress, seems to have been done no favors by Drury who allows her to engage in all kinds of distracting bits of "business," like chomping away at her nicotine gum like a house afire to show her distraction and anxiety. David Thewlis, who is also equally talented, also gives a performance that is all tics as the nasty street hustler who is Tennison's prime suspect in the murder of an underage rent boy, and purses his lips over and over again when being interviewed by Tennison and her staff. It's impossible to believe that either he or Ciaran Hinds (here, flat and dull) could deliver any of the menace or charisma needed to keep so many young victims in line. The other actors fare much better, particularly James Frain as a sweet-sad molestation victim and Peter Capaldi as a nervous drag queen. They, and the machinery of the plot, are really all that keeps this production afloat.

Helen Mirren, the BEST!.......2007-03-15

Loved Prime Suspect, Season 2
Wish I had known about this series years ago but so glad I did eventually find out about it! I'll get all seasons eventually. GREAT price!
I don't feel like I'm watching TV. I feel like I'm watching a well made movie!

Prime Suspect 1.......2007-03-08

Beautiful performances by all involved and thrilling to watch. Involves the viewer from the start, great murder mystery. Helen Mirren is excellent!

Still Prime!.......2006-03-18

Get ready to enjoy another installment of the enthralling police crime drama that highlights the talent of Helen Mirren. This deeply disturbing tale of homeless boy prostitutes brings out the dark side of police investigation--at all ranks!

The only one to buy after the first........2004-02-26

The only Prime Suspect installment (other than the original) to be authored by Lynda La Plante, Prime Suspect 3 once again displays the hallmarks of La Plante's journalistic research base for creating fictional characters. In this case, "rent boys" are the fuel: young male prostitutes/street kids, and in particular one heartbreaking interview where a rent boy had told La Plante that he couldn't have AIDS, because he was only 15.

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If you're into serial-killer thrillers, you'll want to see Suspect Zero if only to soak up the genre's reliable penchant for creepy atmosphere and creepier behavior. Dark, anguished, and saturated with superficial style, it's a passable exercise in mystery from E. Elias Merhige, who fared better (both critically and artistically) with his acclaimed 2001 film Shadow of the Vampire. The directorial vision evident in that film is also apparent here, but it's pretentiously over-indulged in a grisly plot about the tormented victim of a secret, psychically abusive crime-fighting program (Ben Kingsley) whose pursuit of serial killers in New Mexico is designed to lure a similarly tormented FBI agent (Aaron Eckhart) and his understanding partner (Carrie-Anne Moss) into an investigation that grows increasingly violent and tragically intense. Like Eckhart's character, you may need a handful of aspirin after subjecting yourself to Merhige's visual excess, but as yet another variant of Seven, Suspect Zero scores points for attempting something different. --Jeff Shannon

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In SUSPECT ZERO, FBI Agent Tom Mackelway finds himself caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a brutal serial killer, and all clues point to a renegade agent "gone native." Trained by the government to use his psychic abilities to track and capture other serial killers, the renegade is killing other serial killers and claims to be in pursuit of the ultimate serial killer, a man he calls Suspect Zero. As Mackelway becomes increasingly obsessed with his suspect, he must decide what happens when pursuer and prey come face to face - and if rational justice or primal revenge will prevail.

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I have seen too many films to enjoy this redundant film.......2007-02-07

I think I've seen too many films. I had this whole thing figured out from jump. The film even gives itself away some way through and then there is no substance and you just sit and wait for the film to play itself out like some boring speech from a used car salesman. It's rare anymore when a thriller will blow me away anymore. After Se7en these all seem alike. Different ingredients, different background concept, different spices, but in the end it's all the same. Is anyone out there writing something that is not a variation on what has already been done? Anything? Where are the myriad of unmade fantastic films? the ideas are just out there floating in the ether. Just reach up and gram them. Something new, something fresh, something unlike what we have already seen over and over and over, remakes of remakes of remakes, being yet remade yet again. I WANT SOMETHING NEW! Give me something new! I am tired of watching the same film re-shot with different actors, a different script, and a different twist. It's like reading 300 books all about the Grand canyon all by different authors. They all seem slightly different but they are all doing and saying the same thing. By the 4th or 5th variation you wonder why the dam thing keeps getting re-written and who in their right mind had the energy to bother working on yet another variation of the same material. wake me when something good comes along...

An original suspense flick, not just a cop chasing serial killer movie. Overlooked potential classic.......2006-10-26

I am usually a huge fan of good suspense movie, but how I missed this one when it came out is unknown. This movie starts off as one that may seem to be about an FBI agent that burned out on "the big case", got demoted, and transfer to the smaller town to keep him busy in paperwork. Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart, also in the recent film Thanks for Smoking), is this agent, who happens to stumble across, as guessed, a big case in the small town. Benjamin O'Ryan (Ben Kingsley) is a person that becomes of interest to agent Mackelway. Well, this movie does have some of the same things as other suspense thrillers, similar in ways to SEVEN, but with different twist and a much different outcome. In all, a must see if you like suspense thriller. If you liked the movie Seven with brad pitt and Morgan Freeman, then this movie is right up your alley. Check it out, a must own for any suspense fan.

Very Good And Creepy Serial Killer Thriller!.......2006-10-14

"Suspect Zero," is a very good edge-of-your-seat thriller. More importantly, the acting and cinematography in the film are very good. The films main character's are Benjamin O'Ryan (Ben Kingsley) and Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart). Kingsley portrays a former special agent who was assigned to a super-top-secret special agency that sought serial killers through the use of mind altering experiments; in which they would be able to locate these killers in their visions [sounds silly, but it works]. While Aaron Eckhart portrays a special agent assigned to the FBI, who through reckless behaviour, finds himself reassigned to a lesser post. But it is at this lesser post that he finds himself embroiled in the hunt for a serial killer.

The killer [I won't give out the identity] is very illusive. More importantly, this killer is killing serial-killers. Therefore, a hunt ensues for this killer. Kingsley is intentionally trying to make contact with Eckhart: Due to the fact they both have a lot in common. [to write about this would spoil the film for you who have not seen it]. One scene in particular [there are many] that stands out is the part played in the beginning by a traveling saleman named Harold Speck (Kevin Chamberlin). His part, although small, sets up the events that will be the catalyst for Aaron Eckhart and Kingsley. Also, I found Kevin Chamberlin's brief role very disturbing. You will see when you view the film. The film is highly recommended. There are some very disturbing parts however. Recommended.

OK, this movie should be really, really bad........2006-10-03

I've come to believe one thing: Paramount makes great movies...Aeon Flux was the exception...

I saw this movie and texted a couple of people, with no positive response...its from Paramount thats a plus. Carrie-Anne Moss who spends her time underacting in such pretty good movies like the Matrix, Reloaded, Revolutions, Memento (which she was pretty good in) and Red Planet. She plays emotionless, yet excitable women, usually and this role is no exception. I have a thing for noses and hers is awful and distracts me through the entire movie. She is definitely an iron weight on this movie, but she does offer a little something...she blends in real well and is forgettable as Detective Kulok.

Aaron Eckhart has been also seen in Paycheck, Erin Brochovich and Any Given Sunday. His acting seems dry and tedious, but he brings something intangible to the screen. It doesn't excite or electrify, but he captivates in "Suspect Zero". He Plays Detective Mackelway.

Oh, yeah there's this other guy, named Sir Ben Kingsley in the movie. He plays the other character, Ben O'Ryan. Ben Kingsley has made alot of roles shine over the years, but none so much as in "Suspect Zero".

The movie centers around three FBI Agents and a case of people gone missing and murdered in New Mexico, specifically on the state line. Yes, it seems like an X-Files Episode in places. Some very strange elements shake nicely into this believable framework and hide a neat science fiction background.

The general interaction between Kingsley and Eckhart is hard to understand, but awesome. The scenes between Carrie-Anne Moss and Aaron Eckhart are forced and laid in, to seem like the X-Files, perhaps. Ignore them, ignore them! Its OK...there's only one or two...get a soda from the kitchen. If you want fast paced drama, this is not your movie. It tends to be like rush hour-the time of day...50 miles an hour...stop...50 miles and hour...stop. It is excellent and underrated. Go buy it...its real cheap, its worth it.

Very cool serial killer film. If you like CSI and Law and Order, you might like this.......2006-09-11

This movie was a very big surprise to me when I discoverd it. Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart, and Kerry Anne-Moss all have strong roles and characters in this film. Eckhart plays an FBI agent who got busted down in ranks and starts over in a desk job in the southwest US. He is assigned a case that quickley becomes more than just a missing persons/murder investigation. Through-out the film, Ben Kingsley and him develop a very unique bond that pulls us throug the movie and keeps us on the edge of our seats until the end. All thing are connected, pretty tight storyline. This is a psychological thriller that should please anyfan of movies like Identity, The Jacket, The Woodsman, and The Machinist. Also Fans of CSI and Law and Order may like this too. This film does not have the boundaries of TV ratings, so it is more gruesome. A must see.

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I have seen too many films to enjoy this redundant film
An original suspense flick, not just a cop chasing serial killer movie. Overlooked potential classic
Very Good And Creepy Serial Killer Thriller!
OK, this movie should be really, really bad.
Very cool serial killer film. If you like CSI and Law and Order, you might like this

Suspect Zero (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Aaron Eckhart , Ben Kingsley , Carrie-Anne Moss , Harry J. Lennix , and Kevin Chamberlin
Director: E. Elias Merhige
Manufacturer: Paramount
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Release Date: 2005-04-12

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I have seen too many films to enjoy this redundant film.......2007-02-07

An original suspense flick, not just a cop chasing serial killer movie. Overlooked potential classic.......2006-10-26

Very Good And Creepy Serial Killer Thriller!.......2006-10-14

OK, this movie should be really, really bad........2006-10-03

Very cool serial killer film. If you like CSI and Law and Order, you might like this.......2006-09-11

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Just okay. Forgets too often what kind of movie it is.
SEE KIM YATES DO A STRIPPER DANCE
NOT BAD PRETTY GIRLS AND LOTS OF ACTION
Gian is G-orgeous!

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Starring: Kevin Spirtas , Nicole Gian , Ash Adams , Alan Toy , and Whitney Rydbeck
Director: Kelley Cauthen
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Release Date: 1999-09-07

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Recognizing the difference between two devastatingly handsome twin brothers can be murder. In this erotic thriller, a beautiful detective is called upon to solve a double homicide of a famous photographer and a sexy supermodel. The detective soon becomes a pawn in a psychological game of double crossing seduction as she falls hard for her number one suspect.

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Just okay. Forgets too often what kind of movie it is........2004-12-17

This is a softcore movie that forgets too often that it's just that, and nothing more. The story is laughably predictable and unoriginal. Now that's nothing new. The stories for all softcore movies are like that. But the really stellar ones know that, and just use the story to transition between and build up to numerous, hot sex scenes.

So what do you end up getting? There are only three sex scenes in this video, which is about six less than there should be. All are boy/girl, and the girls involved are Shauna O'Brien, CeCe Tsou, and Nicole Gian. A lot of the story takes place in a strip club, or involves strippers, so there is still a lot of skin on display during the rest of the video.

But overall, this was a disappointment. There is much better stuff than this available.

SEE KIM YATES DO A STRIPPER DANCE.......2001-02-01

An excellent soft core plot driven film with Ms. Gain as a detective.

For me, the best part was seeing the soft core star Kim Yates do an exotic dancer routine.

NOT BAD PRETTY GIRLS AND LOTS OF ACTION.......2000-02-05

For its genre, I thought this film was pretty good; it has gorgous women and lots of action. I saw it on Cinemax the other evening where it can be taped. I recommend it highly.

The acting is not bad at all, I think.

Gian is G-orgeous!.......2000-01-22

In the movie Nicole Gian plays two parts. Big deal. What is a big deal is that she is HOT! As the title aptly suggests, Nicole is STRIKING. The story is very average, as is the acting. I may not buy it, but I most certainly would watch it.

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