In a rare dark performance, Kevin Costner raises what might have been a normal crime movie with a twist involving his id into a superior human horror film. Where this movie succeeds is that you care about the film's sociopathic anti-hero, Earl Brooks. Mr. Brooks is a film that has two story lines. One of those storylines succeeds while the other is shaky. That weaker storyline belongs to Detective Atwood (Demi Moore), who offers an effective performance but whose character is never given the room to breathe.
Mr. Brooks seems like a simple cat and mouse movie between a killer and a detective but it actually has multiple layers, one involving Earl Brook's daughter, the second involving the witness to one of Brook's crimes and the third involving a criminal Detective Atwood sent to prison who has escaped. I was very surprised at some of the story ingredients included: a box maker, a millionaire and steroid abuser and how they were integrated into the plot and nine times out of ten they worked. I'd like to go in depth about them but that would spoil them for anyone who hasn't seen this film.
Let me not forget the wonderful performance by Earl Brook's id, Marshall (William Hurt). This is a part of Earl Brook's mind that has been given its own name, physical appearance and personality traits that Brook's identifies with, laughs with, plans with, a part of his brain. This is much like the situation with The Narrator's mind in Fight Club when it came to Tyler Durden except in Mr. Brooks, Earl is fully aware that Marshall is a figment of his imagination but is nevertheless a welcome part of him.
If you are a horror, crime or thriller lover Mr. Brooks is the film for you!
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