Mr. Brooks
2007
**
Director: Bruce A. Evans
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dane Cook, Demi Moore, Marg Helgenberger, William Hurt, Danielle Panabaker, Jason Lewis
Earl Brooks is a wealthy industrialist, a faithful husband, a loving father, and a meticulous serial killer who is driven by his insatiable addiction. Now Earl is hit by a triple whammy. His daughter may have inherited the addictive gene, and he's being blackmailed by a Peeping Tom and pursued by a persistent female detective/millionaire heiress who tries to divorce her gold-digging husband and catch another murdering psychopath. This silly and stupid thriller has two serial killers (with catchy nicknames Thumbprint Killer and Hangman), two young apprentices, and a number of irrelevant and implausible subplots which make the whole thing move like a steam roller. The film could be interesting if it concentrated solely on Mr. Brooks and didn't take itself so bloody seriously. Then again, the TV show Dexter did exactly that. As for the performances, Kevin Costner underplays Earl and William Hurt overplays Marshall, his split personality.
