|
 MR.
BROOKS
With
Kevin
Costner,
Demi
Moore,
William
Hurt,
Dane
Cook,
Marg
Helgenberger
Directed
by
Bruce
A.
Evans
Most
straight
or
comedic
actors
at
one
stage
have
to
dive
into
something
other
than
the
funny
or
nice
guy
(Henry
Fonda
–
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
The
West
/
Steve
Martin
–
Novocaine
/
Robin
Williams
–
Insomnia
/
Jim
Carrey
–
The
Number
23).
In
Mr.
Brooks
it’s
Kevin
Costner’s
turn
to
switch
from
western
moralist,
baseball
player,
gilled
ocean-man,
or
JFK
truth-finder
to
that
of
a
serial
killer.
Mr.
Brooks
is
a
successful
businessman
with
a
nice
wife
and
daughter
in
college.
He
has
a
little
secret,
though.
His
alter
ego
(played
by
William
Hurt)
pops
up
at
inopportune
moments,
pushing
him
to
go
out
and
kill.
To
Mr.
Brooks
it
is
an
addiction
which
he
has
had
under
control
for
two
years.
But
the
urge
pushes
him
for
just
one
more.
While
carefully
planned
and
executed
as
before,
this
particular
fix
had
one
crucial
loose
end
which
leads
to
a
witness
with
photographic
evidence
confronting
him.
But
this
man
is
not
interested
in
money
or
handing
him
over
to
the
police
–
he
wants
to
go
along
on
his
next
kill!
This
throws
a
spanner
in
the
works
of
Mr.
Brooks’
attempts
to
quit
for
good
–
but
to
the
elation
of
his
alter
ego.
Naturally
things
will
not
go
smoothly
as
this
little
game
unfolds,
especially
with
a
determined
cop
on
his
trail
(Demi
Moore).
A
couple
of
sub-plots
are
also
tied
in
very
well,
making
the
story
more
diverse.
Sadly,
CSI’s
Marg
Helgenberger
merely
plays
the
obligatory
wife
and
could’ve
been
done
by
anyone.
Mr.
Brooks
is
a
good
departure
for
Costner
however,
and
taps
into
how
easily
the
line
between
true
psychosis
and
desensitized
urges
can
be
blurred
in
a
world
where
moral
fiber
is
systematically
eroded
and
bad
behaviour
is
rewarded.
3
/
C
-
PB
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
-
B
-
C
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