10 Movie Murders That Were Utterly Impossible To Solve

3. The Bone Collector

Angelina Jolie, as promised, makes her second appearance on the list with a film that actually has an interesting premise on the surface. Denzel Washington plays a brilliant forensic scientist rendered bed bound by a car accident, who guides Jolie's rookie cop as they try to solve a string of murders all connected one thing: a single shard of bone is removed from each of the victims. The Bone Collector is the eponymous killer, and the dynamic of Denzel safe and sound in his bed, with Queen Latifah's nurse looking after him, whilst Jolie throws her into constant danger at every turn is a fun one. Shame the actual mystery that they're solving doesn't make any sense. There are a handful of clues presented to the audience throughout the film hinting at the killer's identity, including the fact that he poses for a while as a taxi driver to select his victims. Ah, but what if he's actually a taxi driver all along? Double bluff! Nope, turns out that all along he was a character that was barely seen on screen until the last minute twist, where it turns out he's the medical technician who cares for Washington's medical equipment, who also used to work in forensics but was struck off because Denzel testified against him for faking evidence. Yep: not that that explains why he killed all those other people, or was possible for audiences to figure out themselves...