Mindhunters (2005)
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Eion Bailey, Will Kemp
Screenwriter: Kevin Brodbin, Wayne Kramer
Producer: Jeffrey Silver, Bobby Newmyer, Cary Brokaw, Rebecca Spikings
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Excessive violence, hysterical directorial overkill and a cast of mostly glamorous non-actors make this relatively short film seem much longer than it really is.
There's nothing particularly deep about this film -- and Harlin's efforts to jazz things up do occasionally go over-the-top.
...for all its pseudo logic, Mindhunters is just as implausible as any Halloween sequel.
Its every brain-dead move is designed to cover up the implausible story's beehive of inconsistencies.
More so than any other action director, Harlin is able to take mediocre and often outlandishly stupid scripts and punch them up into endlessly watchable guilty-pleasure gold.
A killer thriller exploit that will hold some appeal for audiences that tense up in enjoyment at every fresh spurt of blood and ask for little more.
The spirit of Agatha Christie hovers over 'Mindhunters,' a suspenseful mystery with plenty of suspects to keep viewers guessing about the identity of a serial killer.
I came away thinking how uninventive the story was, and how a little imagination together with a quick read from any issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine might have helped.
the more I think about the logic of Mindhunters, the less I like it
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