Line #5 YMMV/MrBrooks


1	* CompleteMonster ([[Script/MrBrooksEvansAndGideon Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon]]'s [[https://imsdb.com/scripts/Mr-Brooks.html original screenplay]]): [[AxCrazy Thornton (here Thorton) Meeks]] is worse here than in the final film. A vicious SerialKiller of women known as "the Hangman", Meeks would [[TortureTechnician torture his victims]] before hanging them and [[DeadGuyOnDisplay displaying their bodies]] for the public to find. Escaping prison at the start of the story, Meeks works with his partner to brutally torture and kill his former steroid dealer and his secretary. After a failed attempt to kidnap, torture, and likely rape Detective Atwood who caught him last time, Meeks ends up shooting his partner and then [[SpitefulSuicide himself]] rather than face capture.
2	* EpilepticTrees: One of the more bizarre interpretations on the Website/{{IMDB}} forums suggested that no-one in the film existed except Marshall, and that Brooks (and every other character and event) was a product of ''his'' imagination. The lengthy debate that ensued was [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780571/board/thread/98350149 hilarious in its absurdity]].
3	* IdiotBall: "Mr. Smith" grabs this early, and never lets go. He knows [[spoiler: that Mr. Brooks is a very successful serial killer,]] yet takes almost zero steps to ensure his own safety. He depends on the [[spoiler: photos he took to be his paper shield against Mr. Brooks, even after Mr. Brooks demonstrates ''just how easily he can get to Mr. Smith.'' Then, he leaves a large puddle of DNA behind at a crime scene, not once thinking to clean it up in any way, nor does he discuss it with the ''serial killer he accompanies.'']] It is a wonder that "Mr. Smith" expected to survive the encounter at all. He does bring [[spoiler: a pistol with him, expecting to use it against Mr. Brooks, but then '''ignores''' the dialogue where Mr. Brooks is ''discussing the gun he has on him.'' His later murder is almost anticlimactic, as the audience already knows how this is going to end.]]
4	* MagnificentBastard: [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Mr. Earl Brooks]], the eponymous VillainProtagonist, is the "[[SerialKiller Thumbprint Killer]]", a brilliant, charming murder addict who [[ReluctantPsycho seeks to quench his thirst for blood]]. Attending AA meetings to cope with his addiction while simultaneously running a prospering box factory he built from the ground up, Brooks gives into his murderous inclinations now and then yet is never caught, having been killing for decades without suspicion. When the crooked, pathetic "Mr. Smith" tries to blackmail Brooks, Brooks twists Smith into his personal pawn and, after neatly tying up a variety of loose ends, effortlessly manipulates Mr. Smith to his death before [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit pinning his crimes on him]].
5	* {{Narm}}: When Detective Atwood has a hallway shootout with Meeks and his partner, the action is made absurd by the obvious strobe lighting accompanied by a thumping techno song. One almost expects them to engage in a break dance battle. It doesn't help that each character fires 30+ rounds with only one visible reload.
6	* OnceOriginalNowCommon: ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' fans may be surprised/accustomed to see a serial killer story involving the attending of AA meetings and later [[spoiler: the discussing of hiding a body under a thin layer of dirt in a yet-to-be-used cemetery grave]].
7	* RetroactiveRecognition:
8	** Creator/DaniellePanabaker as Jane Brooks, before her most famous role of Killer Frost in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/TheFlash2014''.
9	** While already an accomplished voice actress by this time, Creator/LauraBailey's cameo in the film came before several of her high-profile roles that made her one of the leading ladies in western voice acting or her turn in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole.''
10	* SpecialEffectFailure: Towards the end of the movie, Brooks is holding a glass of milk that varies in fullness, somehow gaining more as he goes upstairs before disappearing entirely.
11	* TrappedByMountainLions: Much of the Demi Moore subplot, up until the point where it crosses over fully with the real story, is so divorced from the main action that it almost feels like a separate film.

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