![]() The 1990s was a heyday of serial killer thrillers it felt like any studio would greenlight a project as long as the crazed killer had a gimmick to their murders ("This guy only kills people on Friday… because you can't eat meat on Friday?"). The Little Things was originally written in the 90s by writer/director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. The two men work together to untangle the details and target their primary suspect, Albert Sparma (Jared Leto), a bow-legged, greasy-haired creep who maybe confessed eight years ago. Deacon delivers evidence to Jim Baxter (Rami Malek), the new chief detective on a series of murders that may be a continuation from Deacon's days. cop but got far too involved in series of murders, and his obsession lead him to a heart attack, a divorce, and being removed from his office. In 1990, Joe "Deke" Deacon (Denzel Washington) is a LASD deputy and living out his final days on the force in the relative anonymity of the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles. ![]() ![]() It's far too long, far too slow, and with not nearly enough excitement or intrigue or depth. It's a meandering movie that doesn't quite commit to being a prestige character study or a grisly, pulpy serial killer thriller, and so it operates in a middle-ground that achieves little more than prolonged boredom. The Little Things wants to be Seven but it's not even half of Seven (three-point-five?).
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