Storyline
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
Cast
Angelina Jolie, Shawn Roberts, Paul Dano, Christian Tessier, Ethan Hawke, Martin Brisebois, Tchéky Karyo, Gena Rowlands, Marie-Josée Croze, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Dominique Briand, Justin Chatwin, Jean-Hugues Anglade, André Lacoste, Billy Two Rivers, Richard Lemire, Julien Poulin, Brigitte Bedard, Alex Sol, Gabriel Charland-Gagné, Nathalie Matteau, Hugh Probyn, Henri Pardo, Fabiano Amato, Judith Baribeau, Anne Marineau
Trailer
Reviews
80
Variety
A somber, absorbing thriller that treads familiar psycho serial killer terrain with style. Elegantly made and comparatively restrained in cramming sick and grisly stuff down the audience's throat.
63
ReelViews
The movie voids a lot of good will with a cheesy ending. This is just the kind of denouement I was hoping Taking Lives wouldn't sink to, yet it does.
60
The Hollywood Reporter
Clearly, much care and intelligence have been lavished on discouraging, routine material.
60
From a technical standpoint, Taking Lives is competent and sometimes even impressive. It is cleanly edited and nicely shot -- at times as cool and rich as a York Peppermint Pattie. Beyond that, there is not much to say.
50
Entertainment Weekly
After ''Seven'' and three ''Hannibal'' hits, the audience tolerance for baroque serial-killer flourishes has been duly amped. We require sustained creativity in our sick violence, and Taking Lives, after a token bit of ghastly foreplay, loses its life.
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