Homicide detectives Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock) and Sam
Kennedy (Ben Chaplin) are called in to investigate a murder, and
soon find clues that point to school caretaker Ray (Chris Penn).
Cassie then goes to Ray's house to look for further clues, but is
violently attacked by his pet baboon and hospitalised. Upon her
recovery, Cassie discovers that the case has been closed and that
Ray is now dead, apparently having committed suicide. Nevertheless,
despite what her colleagues say, Cassie is convinced that justice
has not been done, and resolves to get to the bottom of the matter.
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Murder by Numbers
Mon, 6 Jan 2014 | Review
by: Micky B
Pointedly based on the notorious and factual Leopold and Loeb case of the 1920s, this tale has seen several cinematic outings to date. Why, even the great Sir Alfred Hitchcock made his famous experimental movie <i>ROPE</i> on the same storyline back in 1949. It tells of two extremely wealthy, clever and popular high school students, who team up to commit a murder…simply for the thrill of doing so! So it’s not exactly a “whodunit” as much as a “whydunnit?”” And right until the end, we are kept waiting to find out which one of the two is the actual murderer. Lead actress Sandra Bullock, as investigating detective Cassie Mayweather, is cast slightly out of normal character; though as one critic fairly comments: "Bullock does a good job here of working against her natural likability, creating a character you'd like to like, and could like, if she weren't so sad, strange and turned in upon herself. She throws herself into police work not so much because she's dedicated as because she needs the distraction, needs to keep busy and be good to assure herself of her worth. As she draws the net closer, and runs into more danger and more official opposition, the movie more or less helplessly starts thinking to itself about that cliff above the sea, but at least the climax shows us that Bullock can stay in character no matter what." To sum up: this movie is an undeniably good and entertaining mystery drama – and is highly recommended.
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