Murder by Numbers Page #7

Synopsis: Richard Haywood, a Californian high school's coolest kid, secretly teams up with another rich kid in his class, brilliant nerd Justin 'Bonaparte' Pendleton, whose erudition, specially in forensic matters, allows them to plan elaborately perfect murders, just for the kick, for which they set up Richard's marijuana supplier, their school's janitor Ray Feathers, as a psychotic serial killer. The case is assigned to detectives Cassie 'the hyena' Mayweather, who carries a sequoia-size chip on the shoulder from her previous life, and her brilliant new partner, Sam Kennedy, who just transferred from the vice squad; they can work together very well, and even fit romantically, but fall out over different professional attitudes towards the investigation, which Captain Rod Cody and her understandably vindictive abused ex, Assistant D.A. Al Swanson, soon ban her from when she disobeys instructions and hand to him. When the plotting boys both dig class-mate Lisa Mills, their unnatural bond comes un
Director(s): Barbet Schroeder
Production: Omega Entertainment
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
50
R
Year:
2002
115 min
522 Views


l want to take that back.

-Did they find the videotape?

-Yes.

-How's he doing?

-He looks okay.

But we're gonna transport him

for treatment.

Why did you let Richard

videotape the killing?

That was really stupid,

like you guys wanted to get caught.

-What are you talking about?

-Oh, you don't know?

They found a hidden camera

in Richard's basement.

That's how he filmed himself with Lisa.

He filmed the killing too.

The D.A. is looking at it now.

Look, whatever is on that tape. . . .

Whatever's on that tape what?

ls there really a tape?

-Maybe l should talk to a lawyer.

-Absolutely.

No, wait a second. Wait!

l thought Richard manipulated you,

but it was the other way around.

These marks are from Richard's ring

when he tried to strangle me.

There are none of these marks

on Olivia's neck.

Richard could have taken off that ring

to make it look like Ray did it.

The ring has nothing to do with it.

Tell me what happened. . .

. . .and l'll do my best to get you

tried as a juvenile.

You have to believe me.

When l went over there, l had no idea.

I never thought I'd....

Oh, God.

Are you gonna do it or what?

l can't.

F***--!

So, what, l have to do it?

You don't do anything.

You just have ideas.

And you're so full of sh*t too.

You're always telling me:

""Crime is not an idea, it's an act.

Anybody can think it.

Only free men can do it. ""

l'm free.

Give me the gloves.

Give them to me.

Thank you.

l had to show him.

l could have let you die up there,

but l didn't.

Thank you.

Wait! l just want a chance.

l wanna start over. l wanna--

lt doesn't work that way.

You get one life.

And whatever you do with it,

whatever's done to you. . .

. . .you gotta face that.

You can't pretend it didn't happen.

Jessica Marie Hudson?

Jessica Marie Hudson.

For the Carl Hudson parole hearing?

Jessica Marie Hudson?

That's me.

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Tony Gayton

Tony Gayton was born in 1959. He is a writer and producer, known for Faster (2010), Hell on Wheels (2011) and Murder by Numbers (2002). more…

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