Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks is a 2007 American psychological thriller film directed by Bruce A. Evans starring Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, and William Hurt. It was released on June 1, 2007. The film follows the eponymous character, a celebrated Portland businessman and serial killer Costner who is forced to take on a protg Cook after being blackmailed, and has to contend with his bloodthirsty alter ego Hurt who convinces him to indulge his habit. His life grows even more complicated when a driven police officer Moore reopens the investigation into his murders. The film was commercially successful and has inspired a modest cult following.

Brooks daughter Jane Danielle Panabaker unexpectedly arrives home, having dropped out of college in Palo Alto, California. She visits Brooks at work and mentions that she would like to get a job with his company. The same day, a man calling himself Mister Smith Dane Cook turns up at Brooks work and blackmails him with photographs of Brooks at the most recent murder. Smith demands that Brooks take him along on a murder, to which Brooks reluctantly agrees.Brooks wife, Emma Marg Helgenberger, reveals that Jane dropped out of college because she is pregnant. The Brookses are then visited by detectives from Palo Alto who want to interview Jane about a murder committed in her former dorm building. Marshall and Brooks realize that Jane committed the murder and consider letting her go to jail to save her from becoming like them. Eventually, however, Brooks uses an alternate identity, flies to Palo Alto, and commits a similar murder to make it appear as if a serial killer is loose, thereby exonerating Jane. ........

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