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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence including disturbing images, language and some sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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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...Jolie's Scott is just not tough enough to overcome her incredible beauty and make us believe she can get down and dirty when it counts.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
03/19/04
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

What really compromises the impact of Taking Lives is that the 'surprise' about the identity of the madman is a foregone conclusion.

Full Review Source: Lawrence Journal-World | comment Comment
03/19/04
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Unfortunately, Taking Lives doesn't add any brilliance to the exhausted spot-the-serial-killer psychological thriller, but get props for a clever ending.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
03/19/04
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

It isn't as bad as it could be or as good as it should be - I would wait to see this on video.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
03/19/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

[W]e’re meant to believe that [Hawke] is so intensely seductive that [Jolie] cannot resist him. Which would be laughable if it weren’t so boring.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
03/19/04
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Jolie and Hawke have a real chemistry between each other and this tends to make one forget some of those enormous plot holes.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
03/19/04
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

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

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
03/19/04
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03/19/04
Hollywood.com

If you don't try to make it all make sense, you might find it to be a thriller with a couple of genuine thrills. At least this one doesn't star Ashley Judd.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
03/19/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Serial thriller starts with a bang, ends with a whimper, and never really moves beyond following its forebears.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
03/18/04
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

From the opening credits, Lives seems bound to recapture the queasy mood of 1995's Seven. But it's too dull to even pull off quease until a notably unpleasant climax.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
03/18/04
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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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.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
03/18/04
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

[A] generic pulp thriller.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
03/18/04
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The story is, as you can tell, preposterous from the get-go...

Full Review Source: Critic Doctor | comment Comment
03/18/04
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
Critic Doctor

How Ashley Judd failed to pounce on this script, I'll never know.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
03/18/04
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/18/04
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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An above-average thriller.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
03/18/04
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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Taking Lives serves up one letdown after another -- a serial disappointment if ever there was one.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
03/18/04
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

A near miss of a thriller, but it's still a miss.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
03/18/04
Bridget Byrne
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine

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

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
03/18/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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