Suspect Zero
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Promotional poster
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| Directed by | E. Elias Merhige |
| Produced by | Lester Berman Gaye Hirsch E. Elias Merhige Darren Miller Paula Wagner Tom Cruise (uncredited) Executive: Moritz Borman Guy East Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg Jonathan Sanger Nigel Sinclair |
| Written by |
Zak Penn Billy Ray |
| Starring |
Aaron Eckhart Ben Kingsley Carrie-Anne Moss Kevin Chamberlin Harry J. Lennix |
| Music by | Clint Mansell |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Edited by |
John Gilroy Robert K. Lambert |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release date
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August 27, 2004 |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27 million |
| Box office | $11,416,075 |
Suspect Zero is a 2004 American psychological thriller film starring Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film, which was produced by Tom Cruise's co-owned company Cruise/Wagner Productions, was directed by E. Elias Merhige. It was a box office bomb failing to earn half of its estimated $27 million production costs at the box office.
The film is about the hunt for Suspect Zero, a potential serial killer who is able to kill indefinitely because he is able to remain undetectable by law enforcement agencies. It features various elements from declassified CIA Stargate remote viewing protocols.
Harold Speck, a traveling salesman, is approached by a man in a diner who asks him an uncomfortable question. After leaving the diner, Harold is found dead with his eyelids cut off and clutching a symbol which appears to be a circle with a line through it. The murder is investigated by FBI Agent, Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart), who was recently suspended for beating a suspected serial killer, Raymond Starkey. Mackelway receives a series of taunting faxes from someone who may be Speck's killer. Meanwhile, kids go missing and we catch glimpses of a big truck. As the investigation proceeds, Mackelway and his partner, Fran Kulok (Carrie-Anne Moss), become aware of the possible existence of "Suspect Zero", a "super serial killer" responsible for hundreds of deaths who leaves no evidence behind to link his crimes together.
Another body is found in the trunk of a car, also with his eyelids removed and cut with the crossed-circle mark. The ownership of the car is traced to a halfway house where a room was occupied by a Benjamin O'Ryan. The agents discover that the room is filled with obsessive-compulsive sketches of the crossed-circle design, a Bible which contains sketches of missing persons, and a book on ritual. Questioning the other occupants of the halfway house, Mackelway is told by one of them the design represents a zero, not a circle. Information sent by the killer to Mackelway leads him to O'Ryan (Ben Kingsley), who believes himself to be a former member of the FBI. The agents must decide if O'Ryan is the key to catching Suspect Zero, or if he is Suspect Zero himself.
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