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Taking Lives (2004)

FBI profiler aids Montreal police in a thrilling hunt for a serial killer who assumes victims' identities. For crime drama fans.

Genres: Thriller

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Taking Lives(2004)

R
Movie1h 43mEnglishThriller
6.1
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30%
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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.

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I’m supposed to believe Angelina Jolie’s character is some sort of crime genius but she’s too stupid to see what’s in front of her face when it comes to Ethan.Totally predictable waste of time

I kind of had forgotten how much of a shitty actress is Jolie. Thanks to this movie I remember again.

'gt;"Have you ever been fishing? The bait always dies." You're telling me this brilliant detective can't understand what is right in front of her? You get 2 amazing actors together and it starts off pretty interesting and then just gets silly.

I may have rated it higher if I watched it 20 years ago when it came out. Obvious but odd way to end it.

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The end is so freaking stupid: [spoiler]She put her life at risk like that after preparing herself for months. It's so random that she survived and so predictable that she wasn't pregnant.[/spoiler] As everyone said: started strong, losing it in the second half.

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Not enough Sutherland. [spoiler] Too bad. It started interesting, but then it lost steam, and from genius, to not-so-genius it lost its sense.[/spoiler]

The twist was obvious and the ending was both unbelievable and ridiculous. It definitely ran out of steam towards the end and Illeana wants him dead. Not very professional for a member of an organisation like the FBI. CIA would do those kinds of tricks :joy:

The twist was obvious and the ending was both unbelievable and ridiculous. It definitely ran out of steam towards the end.

A silly but entertaining thriller with a good use of U2’s Bad. The identity thief in the beginning , looks nothing like Kiefer from the start. So the twist isn’t that hard to see coming.

It was good .. certainly kept me on the edge of my seat. Angelina and Ethan have great chemistry, I think. Nice to see Canada featured as the location I. A film and not just the place where movies are filmed pretending to some other place.

Very crazy and unexpected twists, for a criminal film it is a kind of '#34;blwer'#34;, but for the type of film with suspense and surprises, hahahahah, I thought it was very good !!!

Alguns pontos do filme são previsíveis, porém o final me surpreendeu.

Rather predictable, therefore, not much of a thriller. Quebec, however, is as beautiful as always. I give this film a 5 (meh) out of 10. [Crime Mystery]

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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.

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