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Mindcage

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In this spellbinding thriller, detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh) seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
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Noel Murray Los Angeles Times 12/16/2022
The actors all ham it up to a degree suited to a project so flat, cheap and derivative, which helps keep “Mindcage” at least watchable, if never exceptional. Go to Full Review
Brent Simon AV Club 12/16/2022
D
Malkovich and Martin Lawrence aren't enough to elevate director Mauro Borrelli's throwback to 1990s serial killer films. Go to Full Review
Pablo O. Scholz Clarín 01/29/2024
1/4
The psychological thriller has its rules and twists, but Mindcage does not provide anything at all to encourage a watch. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 12/24/2022
C
Forgettable thriller. Go to Full Review
Tara McNamara Common Sense Media 12/21/2022
1/5
It's a familiar premise, but it ultimately takes a very different and far less entertaining turn. Go to Full Review
Abbie Bernstein Assignment X 12/19/2022
B
We can admire and enjoy the fact that Mindcage winds up doing things we don’t anticipate, but the film might have been better served if it got more outrageous a little earlier. Go to Full Review
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Jen B @JB655 5h This is in the running for the worst watchable movie I’ve ever seen. The writing was terrible, the editing was awful, and at one point you can see a "dead" character obviously breathing. The acting was definitely not good, but we enjoyed laughing at the absurdity of it all enough to watch to the end. I joined Rotten Tomatoes today just to leave a review on this movie, that’s how bad it was. See more ed T @RT80440203 22h Martin Lawrence needs to stay with comedy. This appeared to be a sad attempt at Silence of the Lambs. It was utterly horrible. I would not give it a single star except that's not an option. John Malkovich surprised me with his flat, bland, empty character, it's as if they weren't paying him enough to actually step into his true abilities. And the writing? Oh my God their writing I've read more intense children's books. See more Jamey G @RT25448968 2d This wasn’t just bad. Oh no, we blew right past "bad" around minute four. It wasn’t even the fun kind of bad — not "gather your friends and mock it with wine" bad, not "so-bad-it’s-good" bad. This was a rare, artisanal, small-batch kind of bad. The kind of bad that feels personal. Like watching a baseball sail in slow motion toward an unsuspecting old lady’s forehead — you see it coming, you know exactly how it ends, and somehow you still can’t look away. You just sit there, mouth open, silently apologizing to her on behalf of physics. Honestly, at what point do we qualify for hazard pay? Is there a class-action lawsuit forming? I’d like to sue for mental distress or emotional damages, Or — and hear me out — maybe we all just quietly chip in to make sure Martin Lawrence is gently, lovingly, and permanently escorted away from any script, set, or camera for the remainder of recorded time. For the children.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ See more andrea c @Charst Feb 24 Thriller crime che, per una buona parte della durata, rimane interessante per l'assenza di dettagli che riconducano al colpevole, dando pochi indizi e lasciando il finale oscuro. Purtroppo però la trama, una volta entrati più nel dettaglio, fa acqua da tutte le parti; nessuna indagine sul luogo che coinvolgeva tutte le vittime, una costruzione della scena del delitto a dir poco improbabile per la sua complicatezza ed alcuni personaggi che non vengono spiegati con la dovuta attenzione. Il colpo di scena finale poi stravolge tutto, senza però dare soddisfazione, anzi lasciando sbigottiti per la sua stranezza. See more William T @RT42789643 Nov 2 It was ok it had some original aspects how ever I feel the barrowed tactics of Silence of the Lamb kinda over played this some one said it should have got outrageous sooner . I would agree with this if we had known more of the artist story an crazed ability would have made the plot twist much better. I definitely enjoyed the originality of the story. Better then remakes and crap they put out in Hollywood. See more G.Y T @RT02618529 Jun 28 Very entertaining movie from the beginning to the end and has several twists that are quite pleasant for the viewer I recommend it a 100%. Do not pay attention to the reviews of the critics, you know why See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In this spellbinding thriller, detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh) seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
Director
Mauro Borrelli
Producer
Daniel Grodnik, Mitchell Welch
Screenwriter
Reggie Keyohara III
Distributor
Lionsgate
Production Co
BondIt Media Capital, Metrol Technology, Head Gear Films, Daniel Grodnik Productions, Boomtown Media, Buffalo 8 Productions
Rating
R (Some Violent Content|Sexual Material)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 16, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 16, 2022
Runtime
1h 36m
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