Taking Lives (2004)

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Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: R
Release Date: Mar 19, 2004
Running Time: 103 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
director: D.J. Caruso
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A top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott doesn't rely on traditional crime-solving techniques to unravel the mysteries of a murderous mind. Her intuitive, unconventional approach often makes the crucial difference between catching a killer and sending a dead-end case to the cold file. 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. However, 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.
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Unfortunately, Taking Lives doesn't add any brilliance to the exhausted spot-the-serial-killer psychological thriller--but as uneventful as it is, it does get props for a clever ending.

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A dead body with a smashed-in face and cut-off hands is uncovered at a Montreal construction site. The local authorities are all over it, but police inspector Hugo Leclair (Tcheky Karyo) thinks it might be bigger than just a random murder and decides to bring in his good friend, Special Agent Illeana Scott… Continued

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rating March 19, 2004
If you can buy the pillow-lipped Angelina Jolie as a psychic FBI agent in Montreal to hunt a serial killer, then you can swallow the other implausibilities in this retread thriller. Ethan Hawke steals what there is of the show as a murder witness with the hots for the gun-toting Jolie.

PETER TRAVERS
(March 19, 2004)

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James Costa
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Joseph Paquette
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Matt Soulsby
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