Finding The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector stars Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie with Queen Latifah in a smaller role. Denzel Washington plays Lincoln Rhyme, an ex-forensics expert who is paralyzed after an accident while Angelina Jolie plays Amelia Donaghy, a patrol cop. The two put their heads together to investigate a serial killer who has committed a string of murders. They know the perpetrator is the same due to his signature, which is a single shard of bone is removed from each of the victims. As Lincoln is bed-ridden, he gets a perspective of what is going on as well as shares inputs from Amelia via phone. She is in charge of visiting the crime scene and reporting the evidence to Lincoln. Though Amelia is gorgeous, Lincoln does not care about that at all. He is more enamoured of her professionalism and ‘knack’ for crime solving.

In Bone Collector the perp acts like a New York taxi driver, and abducts and kills anyone unfortunate enough to get in his taxi. His first two victims, a married couple, get kidnapped when they get a taxi home. Amelia discovers the man’s body concealed in a Civil War-era railroad bed. A clue, a piece of shellfish, takes her to the female where she finds a scrap of paper, another clue leading to another victim. The police locates the next victim at a steam junction. She has been shackled to a pipe that emits steam, effectively scalding her to death. Another scrap of paper is found at the scene. Next in line is an NYU student who is gutted and then left for rats to feed on. A clue to the next victim is left at the scene. Here Lincoln and Amelia make a breakthrough and are able to decipher that the message borrows elements from an book of short stories. This takes them to the next victims, a grandfather and granddaughter tied to a pier. The girl is saved from the rising tide but the grandfather succumbs. The next clue found at the site is an old police badge, and an old subway map. The clues lead Amelia to discover that Lincoln is the next victim. Will Amelia be able to save Lincoln from The Bone Collector?