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Taking Lives

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6.4/10 • 1.6K

2004-03-191h 43m

Thriller

He would kill to be you.

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.

Directors
D.J. Caruso
Editors
Anne V. Coates

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Angelina Jolie

    Angelina Jolie

    Illeana Scott

  2. Ethan Hawke

    Ethan Hawke

    James Costa

  3. Kiefer Sutherland

    Kiefer Sutherland

    Christopher Hart

  4. Gena Rowlands

    Gena Rowlands

    Mrs. Rebecca Asher

  5. Olivier Martinez

    Olivier Martinez

    Paquette

  6. Tchéky Karyo

    Tchéky Karyo

    Leclair

  7. Jean-Hugues Anglade

    Jean-Hugues Anglade

    Duval

  8. Paul Dano

    Paul Dano

    Young Asher

  9. Justin Chatwin

    Justin Chatwin

    Matt Soulsby

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CinemaSerf

Sep 4, 2023

5/10

Angelina Jolie does her best here and Ethan Hawke injects just a touch of menace but otherwise it's a rather far-fetched crime thriller set in Montreal. "Martin Asher" leaves his home and by systematically killing men as he ages - and assuming their identities - has left quite a trail of corpses over almost twenty years before FBI profiler Jolie is drafted in to try and help them get to the bottom of it all. The acting is ok, by and large, but a few "guest appearances" from Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands and probably the briefest of roles in his career for Justin Chatwin, can't really develop the rather dreary writing nor give it much sparkle as we lumber towards an ending that is just plain daft. In theory, the story is complex and has enough about it to keep us guessing, but the overall execution is flat and proves pretty uninteresting after about ten minutes. Pity - had potential.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$45,000,000.00
Revenue
$65,470,529.00
Keywords
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