The Bone Collector (1999)

Asked to help the cops with a series of gruesome murders, paralyzed former criminologist Denzel Washington teams up with rookie patrol officer Angelina Jolie to solve the crimes. It’s always equal parts amusing and interesting watching people work within the limits of obsolete technology. The partner pairing, brutal crimes, and central mystery are all intriguingly laid out in the film, but ruined somewhat by an unexpected ending and a forced romantic angle, neither of which make a lot of sense to the story. Even laying immobile in a hospital bed, Denzel acts his pants off.