10 Horror Movies With The WORST Killer Reveals
4. The Bone Collector - RIchard Thompson/Marcus Andrews
When a serial killer movie reveals the secret identity of the killer, the response should be one of shock and astonishment. It should not be: "Wait... who's that again?"
Unfortunately, that was the case with this bland rip-off of Silence of the Lambs and Seven, which features a quadriplegic detective (Denzel Washington) working with a street cop (Angelina Jolie) to catch a serial killer in New York.
The serial killer who's kidnapping people in a taxi and killing them in some, in fairness to the film, genuinely shocking murders turns out to be some random character, Marcus Andrews (going by the fake name of Richard Thompson), who's appeared briefly in two other scenes as the technician who maintains the protagonist's medical equipment.
This revelation doesn't work since it was such a minor character, while Andrews himself is simply laughable. He comes across as a whiny nerd instead of a depraved killer and his motives - the protagonist wrote a report that revealed he'd planted evidence, thus landing him in jail - feel highly petty.
With serial killer movies like this, there has to be a good twist at the end and that was something this flick sorely lacked.