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Suspect Zero is a 2004 thriller film, directed by Edmund Elias Merhige under E. Elias Merhige. It opened to decidedly poor reviews, and failed to earn back half of its estimated $27 million production costs at the box office.

Plot summary

FBI Agent Thomas Mackelway (Eckhart) and Agent Fran Kulok (Moss) are put on the trail of Ben O'Ryan (Kingsley), a serial killer who exclusively targets other serial killers. As the investigation proceeds, the agents begin to become aware of the possible existence of Suspect Zero, a mythical "super serial killer" responsible for hundreds of deaths across all 50 States who leaves no evidence behind to link his crime together. The agents must decide if O'Ryan is the key that will allow them to catch Suspect Zero, or if he is Suspect Zero himself.

As it turns out, O'Ryan was part of a secret government experiment attempting to cultivate telepathic abilities in individuals for military purposes. The experiments gave O'Ryan the ability to see the actions of serial killers. These disturbing visions are constantly tormenting O'Ryan, and drive him to find the killers and kill them.

A major theme of the film is remote viewing, and the DVD's extra features include interview with people who worked with the US military and inteligence agencies as part of those programs.