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MR. BROOKS / Bruce A. Evans (2007)

May 30th, 2007 by Scott Marks

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Mr. Brooks (2007)

Directed by: Bruce A. Evans

Written by: Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon

Cast: Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, Danielle Panabaker

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Running Time: 120 min.

Genres: Drama, Serial Killer, Black Comedy

Rating: ★★½☆☆

The first five minutes slather on the irony. Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner), a respected businessman and generous philanthropist, graciously accepts Portland’s Man of the Year award. Nice guy Earl even stops in mid- speech to blow his adoring wife (Marg Helgenberger) a kiss.

Not a bad cover for an insatiable serial killer, so proficient at his work that he hasn’t left the police as much as one clue to his identity.

Earl’s inner backseat driver emerges on the car ride home. Marshall (William Hurt) plays a cheerleading Hyde to Mr. Brooks’ reluctant Dr. Jekyll. One look at Marshall’s demonic grin in the rearview assures us that Portland’s Thumbprint Killer will soon strike again.

Earl has been stalking a pair of dancers and he vows that their execution willbring down the curtain on his killing ways. Unfortunately, the normally meticulous Brooks fails to notice the lustful couples’ habit of keeping the curtains open.

This doesn’t stop a neighboring shutterbug (Dane Cook, known only as “Mr. Smith”) from bringing a stack of incriminating photos to Brooks’ office. Blackmail is his name, but money is not the game. The would-be assassin wants to accompany Brooks on his next rampage.
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