Robert De Niro Hunts the Same Killer Twice in the Netflix Crime Thriller 'The Whisper Man'
Adam Scott plays a father whose missing son forces him and his estranged detective father to revisit a serial-killer case.
- Netflix recently released The Whisper Man, a serial-killer thriller starring Adam Scott as crime novelist Tom Kennedy, who returns to his hometown after his wife dies.
- Tom's estranged father, detective Pete Willis , apprehended the original serial killer decades ago and now teams up with Detective Amanda Beck to investigate new crimes.
- Director James Ashcroft assembled a cast including Michael Keaton in a "surprise" performance, while the killer, Frank Carter, has been locked up for 25 years.
- Tom's sensitive eight-year-old son Jake, played by Acston Luca Porto, perceives mysterious figures throughout the film, while the narrative explores an underlying theme of "bad fathers" and inadequate parental care.
- Although critics describe The Whisper Man as a "rickety contraption" of clichés, it qualifies as an "above-average serial killer thriller" with a respectable cast that realistically portrays police incompetence.
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Robert De Niro Hunts the Same Killer Twice in the Netflix Crime Thriller 'The Whisper Man'
NetflixIt’s been a big year for Adam Scott playing hard-drinking novelists. First came Hokum, in which the Parks and Recreation star played against type as an alcoholic writer who gets caught up in some spooky happenings at a haunted hotel. In The Whisper Man, his problems are more down to earth: Rather than ghosts and witches, his character — also a writer, and also a drinker — is faced with the very real horror of finding his son after the boy…
'The Whisper Man' Review: Netflix's Above Average Serial Killer Thriller Channels the '90s
I don’t want to get ahead of myself but the existence of James Ashcroft’s “The Whisper Man,” a three-star serial killer thriller with an all-star cast and a portentous attitude, can only mean one thing: The 1990s are back, baby! Yeah! So put on your Hammer pants, crank up the Ace of Base and get ready to watch the latest movie in the vein of “Jennifer 8,” “Knight Moves,” “Desperate Measures” and eh, let’s say “The Bone Collector.” If you’re wond…
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