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Taking Lives (2004)

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Reviews Counted:152

Fresh:35

Rotten:117

Average Rating:4.6/10

Consensus: A stylish, but predictable thriller where the only thrills are offered by the sensuous Angelina Jolie.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $32,634,479

Synopsis: A top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (Academy Award-winner ANGELINA JOLIE) doesn't rely on traditional crime-solving techniques to unravel the mysteries of a murderous mind. Her... A top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (Academy Award-winner ANGELINA JOLIE) doesn't rely on traditional crime-solving techniques to unravel the mysteries of a murderous mind. Her intuitive, unconventional approach is often the only way to unlock the identities of the killers for the police to capture. When Montreal detectives handling a local homicide investigation reluctantly ask for an outsider's help to get inside the head of a cunning serial killer, Agent Scott joins the case. With meticulous insight, she theorizes that the chameleon-like killer is "life-jacking" - assuming the lives and identities of his victims. As the pressure mounts to catch the elusive murderer, Agent Scott's unorthodox methods alienate her from a territorial police team that feels threatened by her uncanny abilities. Her seemingly cold demeanor belies an unparalleled passion for her work, and she's at her best when she's working alone. But when an unexpected attraction sparks a complicated romantic entanglement, the consummate specialist begins to doubt her finely honed instincts. Alone in an unfamiliar city with no one she can trust, Agent Scott suddenly finds herself on a twisted and terrifying journey, surrounded by suspects in a case that has become chillingly personal. [More]

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo, Gena Rowlands

Director: D.J. Caruso

Director: D.J. Caruso
Screenwriter: Jon Bokenkamp
Producer: Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann
Composer: Philip Glass
Studio: Warner Bros.

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A twist or two will only throw off some -- but most will be able to solve this crime all too easily.

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Angelina Jolie plays an F.B.I. profiler on the trail of a sick and ingenious serial killer. Is there anything more to say? Not really.

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All together now: bo-ring.

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El único momento en que la audiencia aplaudió fue cuando se muestran los pechos desnudos de la Jolie...

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a plodding, pretentious, and ultimately preposterous riff on the thriller genre

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If the producers really wanted to capitalize on Jolie's freakazoid factor, why didn't they have her use those gi-normous lips as antennae?

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Caruso constantly takes the movie down blind alleys while emptying his always-handy crime-movie handbook of every artificial plot device.

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Bill Muller
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It actually does have a clever twist near the end, but it's not the main twist, which is anything but terrific.

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