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Boneyard
(2024)
 
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Directed
by:
Asif Akbar |
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COUNTRY
USA |
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GENRE
Crime/Thriller |
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NORWEGIAN TITLE
Boneyard Killings |
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RUNNING
TIME
96 minutes |
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Produced
by:
Colin Bates
Tamas Nadas
Asif Akbar
Vincent E. McDaniel |
Written by:
Vincent E. McDaniel
Asif Akbar
Hank Byrd
Koji Steven Sakai |
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Cast includes:
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CHARACTER |
ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
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FBI Agent
Petrovick |
Mel Gibson |
 ½ |
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Chief Carter |
Curtis Jackson |
½ |
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Detective Ortega |
Brian Van Holt |
½ |
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Detective Young |
Nora Zehetner |
- |
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Selena |
Gabrielle Haugh |
- |
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Ceasar Monto |
Weston Cage |
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Review
A meaningless Mel Gibson role combined
with a contrived story about a potential bad seed in the Albuquerque
police force sets this foray into the serial killer genre off to a
shoddy start. Most of the film is second-rate, not least Brian Van
Holt's performance as the lead detective – whose clenched
frustrations seem desperately laboured. The film wants to be a
hardboiled police procedural and a poignant social commentary, but
manages neither in its meandering focus and below-par production
values. Weston Cage, son of Nicolas, plays a suspect in the serial
killer case, but his character is ultimately underdeveloped and
underutilised.
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