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Jan 1, 2020 · Recently viewed. Pilot: Directed by Seth Gordon. With Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Roslyn Ruff, Ramses Jimenez. Three years after the Bone Collector ended his career, Detective Lincoln Rhyme teams with NYPD officer Amelia Sachs to investigate a series of murders that suggest the killer's return and an unlikely team is born.
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99+ Photos. Crime Drama Mystery. A retired forensic criminologist teams up with an ambitious young detective to help capture some of the most dangerous criminals in America. Creators. Mark Bianculli. VJ Boyd. Stars. Russell Hornsby. Arielle Kebbel. Roslyn Ruff. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $19.19. Add to Watchlist.
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- Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector: "Pilot" Photos
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Jan 11, 2020 2:07 am
Posted: Jan 11, 2020 2:01 am
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector premieres Friday, January 10 on NBC.
Whisking us back to the '90s heyday of elaborate serial killer "cat and mouse" games, which began as a gourmet meal with The Silence of the Lambs and then devolved into fast-food fare with Striking Distance, Kiss the Girls, Copycat, The Watcher, and many more (it's the genre David Fincher's Se7en knowingly knocked on its ass), Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector brings, arguably, the most ridiculous of all these tales to TV.
Based on the first Lincoln Rhyme novel by Jeffery Deaver, which was previously turned into a perfectly passable movie starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, The Bone Collector is bananas. It features a hyper-brilliant, bedridden forensic investigator being pitted against a genius killer who leaves clues so onerous and vague that they can only be solved by Holmes-ian intellect possessed by someone who relishes the thrill of the solving perplexing puzzles. "Everything means something with the Bone Collector" is a quote that's equal parts intriguing and exhausting.
Some tweaks had to be made to the story to slide it into a TV setting - the biggest being that Lincoln Rhyme and his bone collecting adversary go way back. In fact, it was three years before our story begins that Rhyme was paralyzed while trying to save one of the Collector's victims. Obviously, in both the book and the movie, the Bone Collector, in different ways, is revealed to have some connection to Rhyme but here they've turned him into our hero's Moriarty. We even get to see him in action, played by Brian F. O'Byrne. The smallest, and funniest, change from the books seems to be that the Bone Collector now collects bones, and torments Rhyme, because Rhyme was briefly rude to him a decade earlier. For wrestling fans, this is the "cup of coffee spilled on Kane" start of a feud.
Speaking of Moriarty, the series doesn't hide its newly adopted Sherlock-ian sheen. Holmes himself, as a literary character, is directly discussed during flashbacks to Rhyme's elite forensic academy schooling. And when Rhyme, played capably and grouchily by Grimm's Russell Hornsby, puts his talents for observation to work, we get a slew of imagery and graphics letting us know that his crime-busting brain is working overtime. None of this is terrible, but it's also not great. It's just a slick superhero story nestled nicely into network TV.
Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries, Midnight Texas) plays Rhyme's newly-recruited eyes and ears and legs, beat cop Amelia Sachs (the character gets to keep her book name, which was changed for the movie). The basic dynamic between Rhyme and Sachs is a solid one, with the ornery veteran molding and scolding a keen apprentice, and Kebbel is very good, but things get so rushed due to pilot-itis that Rhyme is already cracking smiles and warming up to Sachs by the time the credits roll. Sure, for the movie it takes the entire runtime, but the show should have sat with Rhyme's bitterness a bit longer.
I suppose it doesn't help that this Rhyme isn't in as much of a rock bottom mindset as the original version. This Rhyme actually has people he cares about and he actually might walk someday. It's a far cry from the Rhyme at the beginning of the old story who was entertaining the thought of medically-assisted suicide. A man whose anger you could understand a bit more clearly when it came to him lashing out at others. This Rhyme was apparently a prick even before he was paralyzed. It's just his way.
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector is glossy and silly and TV-paced to please. It's an absurd and middling mystery but for those looking for polished pulp, you could do worse.
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Synopsis. The series follows NYPD officer Amelia Sachs, who partners up with disabled forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme and his team to solve cases in pursuit of the legendary serial killer, the Bone Collector. Cast. Main.
No.TitleDirected ByTeleplay By1"Pilot"VJ Boyd & Mark Bianculli2"God Complex"Jon Cowan & Barry O'Brien3"Russian Roulette"Jono Oliver4"What Lies Beneath"Jeff Richard- 10
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Jan 1, 2020 · Pilot. Three years after an encounter with the Bone Collector ended his career, Lincoln Rhyme teams up with NYPD officer Amelia Sachs to investigate a murder that points to the killer's...
Apr 29, 2019 · Description: Legendary forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs, a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the ...
TRAILER. Fandango at Home Prime Video. Buy Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector — Season 1 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. With as many narrative threads as words in its title, Lincoln...
