Suspenseful, nail-biting thriller with not enough Olivier Martinez
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03/16/04
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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.
Theatrical Release:Mar 19, 2004 Wide
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... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Reviews for Taking Lives
Taking Lives is the eleventh Angelina Jolie film I've seen and the eleventh one to fail on some level or another.
03/26/04
poor excuse for audience to waste time on a thriller whose makers have problems with understanding the meaning of the word "thrill".
03/02/05
After skillfully playing with us with numerous possibilities of who the 'real' killer might be, it tips its hand way too early in the story -- and, after that, it's all downhill.
03/18/04
While not breaking any new ground, director D.J. Caruso's movie also doesn't disappoint.
03/19/04
Top CriticElegant, good-looking and well-performed, D.J. Caruso's psycho-thriller is an enthralling and engaging drama that works well thanks mostly to its sexy cast.
03/18/04
Taking Lives is a good, near-great film that might seem a lot better if it hadn't been preceded by all of those Judd vehicles -- or if Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling never existed.
03/19/04
Angelina Jolie manages to make attractiveness seem unappealing.
03/22/04
Voids a lot of good will with a cheesy ending.
03/16/04
Top CriticEven with Angelina Jolie thrown in for forensic sex appeal, this dog won't hunt.
03/19/04
Top CriticJolie is surprisingly credible as an FBI profiler...if only the plot of this serial killer thriller could have kept up with her in that department.
03/16/04
Unfortunately, Taking Lives doesn't add any brilliance to the exhausted spot-the-serial-killer psychological thriller, but get props for a clever ending.
03/19/04
Use the title as a warning- Taking Lives takes hours of your life you can’t get back.
03/16/04
While it's not in a league with The Silence of the Lambs, it works in a similarly efficient way.
03/19/04
A serial killer yarn whose taste and story structure appeals more to mental fascination than to a dependence on baser attractions.
03/16/04
Jolie's detective ... seems to be merely one more graduate from Inspector Clouseau Academy.
03/23/04
Taking Lives is an engrossing thriller about a woman warrior who finds herself lost in the darkness during her obsessive pursuit of a serial killer.
03/18/04
Ever wonder why movie serial killers can't just, like, shoot people or something?
03/24/04
A near miss of a thriller, but it's still a miss.
03/18/04
Willfully stupid and obvious for most of its running time, this serial-killer thriller lulls the audience into one gasp-worthy, rug-pulling moment that, while stupid, isn't exactly obvious. [Blu-ray]
05/20/09
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