The "Odd One" is Thomas, a.k.a. New Chekov (the late Anton Yelchin), a clairvoyant roadside cook that can see death figures revolve around people that are about to kill others. It's a twist on Unbreakable (2000), when Bruce Willis played the superhero that could tell who would commit a homicide. Thomas never adopts the hero mentality, and handles himself more as a police psychic to arrest the murderers.
This is a Millennial magnet. Yelchin is their ideal star being young, quirky, intelligent, innovative, and into the supernatural. There is even a door into the underworld if you open the wrong doorknob. Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) is director and more. It evolves into a mystery plot about a record mass collection of death shadows that encircle the next killer. The whodunit plays to crescendo background music, as the grand climax builds up to resolve why all those death demons are congregating in this desert town.
Odd Thomas is actually a book series by an ol hobby of mine: Dean R. Koontz reads. It takes a particular talent to recreate Koontz's characters. Stephen Sommers does a good job of staircasing suspense to reach the big surprise at the end. I will lay it on the Winning 35 yd Line. Koontz is not rereadable either once he leaves you exhausted in the end with those huge volumes and feeling satisfied to know the answer, as in this movie.
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