Taking Lives

Watch: Taking Lives

Unrated

3/19/20041h 43m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ He would kill to be you. ~

Overview:

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.

Director:

D.J. Caruso

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$45,000,000.00

Revenue:

$65,470,529.00

Key words:

underdog
undercover agent
strangeness
investigation
special unit
montreal, canada
special capabilities
serial killer
colleague

Cast

Angelina Jolie

~ as ~

Illeana Scott

Ethan Hawke

~ as ~

James Costa

Kiefer Sutherland

~ as ~

Christopher Hart

Gena Rowlands

~ as ~

Mrs. Rebecca Asher

Olivier Martinez

~ as ~

Paquette

Tchéky Karyo

~ as ~

Leclair

Jean-Hugues Anglade

~ as ~

Duval

Paul Dano

~ as ~

Young Asher

Justin Chatwin

~ as ~

Matt Soulsby

André Lacoste

~ as ~

Cashier

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
5
Angelina Jolie does her best here and Ethan Hawke injects just a touch of menace but otherwise it's a rather far-fetched crime thriller set in Montreal. "Martin Asher" leaves his home and by systematically killing men as he ages - and assuming their identities - has left quite a trail of corpses over almost twenty years before FBI profiler Jolie is drafted in to try and help them get to the bottom of it all. The acting is ok, by and large, but a few "guest appearances" from Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands and probably the briefest of roles in his career for Justin Chatwin, can't really develop the rather dreary writing nor give it much sparkle as we lumber towards an ending that is just plain daft. In theory, the story is complex and has enough about it to keep us guessing, but the overall execution is flat and proves pretty uninteresting after about ten minutes. Pity - had potential.