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Murder by Numbers (2002)
5.9
Ratings: 5.9/10 from 27,936 users
Metascore:
50/100
Reviews: 281 user | 133 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com Two gifted high school students execute a "perfect" murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective. Director:Barbet SchroederWriter:Tony Gayton |
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Cassie Mayweather
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Jessica Marie Hudson
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Ray Feathers
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Captain Rod Cody
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Asst. D.A. Al Swanson
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Janni Brenn | ... |
Ms. Elder
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John Vickery | ... |
Restaurant Manager
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Mr. Chechi
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Olivia Lake, the Victim
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Male Officer in Flashback
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Adilah Barnes | ... |
Lab Technician
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Lawyer
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Storyline
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... Written by KGF Vissers
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The only flaw in their plan was her. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violence, language, a sex scene and brief drug use See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Murd3r 8y Num8ers See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$9,307,394 (USA) (21 April 2002) (2663 Screens)Gross:
$31,874,869 (USA) (30 June 2002)Company Credits
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Warner Bros. Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Schroeder Hoffman Productions See more »
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Richard: Shall we say the words one last time?
Justin: One cannot live fully without embracing suicide in crime.
Richard: Say it.
Justin: A pact made with relentless fire that requires that, while some live, others die.
Richard: On three...
in unison: One, two, three
[gun shot]
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Written by Steve Harris (as Stephen Percy Harris)
Performed by Iron Maiden
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group/EMI Records Ltd. See more »
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Trivia
The title refers to the song "Murder by Numbers," written by 'Sting' and Andy Summers and performed by The Police, about planning the perfect murder. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Justin's hair changes during the final conversation with Richard at the bluff. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Richard: Shall we say the words one last time?
Justin: One cannot live fully without embracing suicide in crime.
Richard: Say it.
Justin: A pact made with relentless fire that requires that, while some live, others die.
Richard: On three...
in unison: One, two, three
[gun shot]
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Soundtracks
"The Number of the Beast"Written by Steve Harris (as Stephen Percy Harris)
Performed by Iron Maiden
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group/EMI Records Ltd. See more »
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