“The Little Things” (** out of four) was a tepid thriller about a world-weary and grizzled detective (Denzel Washington) who is teamed with a younger officer (Remi Malek) to track down a serial killer (Jared Leto) who has managed to elude the other police and local authorities. Malek is so bug-eyed and acts so bizarre that he seems even loonier than Leto who is the actual killer! Film holds your attention with an atmosphere of tense malevolence but doesn’t build to a satisfying whole or conclusion. Writer/director John Lee Hancock wrote the script for this 30 years ago which figures since film substantially borrows from the far superior “Manhunter” and “Seven.”