Taking Lives (2004)
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Critic Consensus: A stylish, but predictable thriller where the only thrills are offered by the sensuous Angelina Jolie.
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A female detective on the trail of a psychotic killer discovers love in a dangerous time in this thriller, based on the novel by Michael Pye. Illeana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is a special agent with the FBI who has a reputation for using offbeat methods, but also boasts a strong record as a criminal profiler. Scott is called in by a former Quantico colleague (Tcheky Karyo) to assist two Canadian police detectives, Paquette (Olivier Martinez) and Duval (Jean-Hugues Anglade), who are on the trail of … More
| Rating: | R (adult situations/language) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense |
| Directed By: | D.J. Caruso, Tony Scott |
| Written By: | Jon Bokenkamp, John Bokenkamp |
| In Theaters: | Mar 19, 2004 Wide |
| On DVD: | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Box Office: | $32.6M |
| Runtime: |
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as Mrs. Asher
as Paquette
as Leclair
as Duval
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All Critics (167) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (122) | DVD (31)
A couple of genuine thrills but not for kids.
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]
Could very well be mistaken for an Ashley Judd programmer.
A production which would rather scare its audience with gore than reel it in via a gripping whodunit.
The film's villain may take fictitious lives, but the film itself takes up real time that could be spent on better things.
Taking Lives won't kill you, but it will steal precious hours you'll never have back.
Audience Reviews for Taking Lives
Angelina Jolie bringing the heat here as a FBI agent tracking down a clever serial killer. Its a by-the-numbers offering, the director DJ Caruso leading the audience shamelessly so that when the twist arrives its kinda tired as he's been hinting at it for over an hour. In the meantime, its Jolie that keeps your attention, those lips and all obscuring all thought otherwise. Ethan Hawke is okay, but only that.
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A rash of films appeared in the late nineties and early aughts that had beautiful women facing down serial killers. Like Jolie's earlier "The Bone Collector" and the Sandra Bullock's "Murder by Numbers," "Taking Lives" follows a female law enforcement agent getting into the psyche of a killer. The entire film is thoughtless from beginning to end. They don't know the identity of this killer, or even if he actually exists, and yet they find his identity based on a tip from an elderly woman, which seems like an innocuous claim. The action is predictable, the twist isn't presented very well, there's really strange instances of adult content for no reason other than they needed nudity, our main character is completely one dimensional except that she's morbid, the ending is thoughtlessly horrible, and none of this film makes any sense. It's just really horribly done, all around. Nothing makes any sense, whatsoever, which is a serious problem, especially when the entire film revolves around the logic in solving a decade's long set of mysteries. Even as a time waster this is not a good choice, as its endless reign of immaturity will anger anyone who deems to watch it.
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