There’s a certain aloofness about his performance that doesn’t work. Where the film goes wrong, and sadly this is a big thing, is in the casting of Rami Malek as the younger detective. Is he just a prick or is he a monster? Leto keeps you guessing. Sporting his trademark long-hair, albeit much greasier than usual, Leto seems to enjoy playing this wily suspect who toys with the LASD and may (or may not) be the killer they’re looking for.
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Likewise, Jared Leto is terrific as the prime suspect in a series of grisly killings. You can easily buy him as a former hotshot whose life fell apart after a mysterious incident that got him bounced from the LASD to a more modest job in Kern County, and Hancock gives him plenty of material to chew on. The gruff, burnt-out detective role fits Washington to a tee.
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Now, in an era where serial killer films are extremely familiar, the movie is a solid programmer and a great deal for HBO Max clients, although PVOD customers might think twice about shelling out $24.99 for a movie that’s only good. Overall, this is a fairly routine thriller distinguished by a couple of great performances and a killer ending that’s so clever, I bet that’s why The Little Things was such a hot script back in the nineties. The older detective would have been a no-brainer for Gene Hackman. What’s cool is that even if this film had been made in the nineties, Washington would have probably still been in it, albeit as the younger detective played here by Rami Malek.
Set in 1990, it really does feel like a lost film from another era, with Denzel Washington playing to type as a burnt-out detective trying to catch a killer. Originally written by John Lee Hancock in the nineties, with Steven Spielberg, Warren Beatty, and Danny DeVito all attached to direct at some point, Hancock himself has dusted off his old script and finally turned it into a film. REVIEW: The Little Things has an interesting history. PLOT: A former LASD investigator (Denzel Washington), now working as a deputy in Kern County, consults with a hotshot detective (Rami Malek) on a case involving a serial killer.
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