Then the "TUNE" turned his/her/thing's talent towards the Morgan Freeman film, KISS THE GIRLS. And once again his painted personality has 'dali'-ed into the realm of cool. There are some spoilers in the review below, so tread at your own risk...
KISS THE GIRLS
The murder mystery is probably the most stylized of movie genres. It generally follows a preset pattern, the details changing to provide the viewer with something to figure out. Gary Fleder's "Kiss the Girls" is a case in point
We've seen it all before, the villain takes some poor young thing out into the woods and does God-knows-what before killing her offstage. Our hero, Inspector LeHoozitz, comes on the case, much to the chagrin of the barely competent local cops, to find the villian before some other young... yaddayaddayadda. You get the idea. Same old thing, as original as a crossword puzzle, and about as fun, too.
Our dear inspector is Dr. Alex Cross(Morgan Freeman) a forensic psychologist for the DC police. He's doing the usual thing heroes do on their off hours, helping deprived kids, when he gets an urgent phone call: his niece Naomi (Gina Ravera) is missing from Duke University and has been for days. Dr. Cross is on the case.
True to form, the locals aren't very happy to see him. Chief Hatfield (Brian Cox-the original Hannibel Lector) tells him "Consider yourself my guest...but don't go poking around in the kitchen." Needless to say, our hero doesn't heed that advice.
Soon after, the villain strikes again, kidnapping the comely kickboxer Dr.Kate McTiernan(Ashley Judd) out of her very house. The villain calls himself "Casanova"(played by...that would be telling) and we see his dungeon before Kate escapes in a harrowing chase through the woods.
So Kate decides to help find her captor, becoming Robin to Cross's Batman. Cary Elwes plays Nick Ruskin, a local cop who's assigned to be sort of an assistant to Cross. His southern accent almost seems natural.
The very twisty plot takes us to California and back and after a few red herrings, the identity of the killer comes as a surprise. All in all, it's better than a game of "clue."
