De Niro Leads a Gently Spooky Netflix Serial-Killer Tale

Robert De Niro anchors a brisk Netflix thriller, The Whisper Man, playing a grizzled Jersey detective drawn into a copycat serial-killer case that echoes a past case. Joined by Adam Scott as an anxious, grief-stricken crime writer and Michelle Monaghan as a determined detective, with Michael Keaton as the imprisoned killer Carter, the adaptation by James Ashcroft unfolds as a steady, procedural chiller rooted in father–son tension. It’s a diverting, well-acted night of chills that doesn’t reinvent the genre, but it delivers solid entertainment with a few stylish touches.