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Taking Lives (2004)
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User Rating:
5.8/10
(13,779 votes)
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Director:
D.J. Caruso
Writers (WGA):
Michael Pye (novel)Jon Bokenkamp (screen story)more
Release Date:
25 March 2004 (Hong Kong)
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Genre:
Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller more
Tagline:
He would kill to be you.
Plot Outline:
An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim. more
Plot Keywords:
Unconventional Romance
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Quebec City
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Investigation
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Murder Investigation
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Intuition
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Awards:
3 nominations
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User Comments:
Creepy, sinister and moody. But SE7EN it ain't...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)Angelina Jolie ... IlleanaEthan Hawke ... CostaKiefer Sutherland ... HartGena Rowlands ... Mrs. AsherOlivier Martinez ... PaquetteTchéky Karyo ... LeclairJean-Hugues Anglade ... DuvalPaul Dano ... Young AsherJustin Chatwin ... Matt SoulsbyAndré Lacoste ... CashierBilly Two Rivers ... Car SalesmanRichard Lemire ... Québec City CopJulien Poulin ... Québec City InspectorMarie-Josée Croze ... Medical ExaminerChristian Tessier ... Interrogation Officermore
MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence including disturbing images, language and some sexuality.
Runtime:
103 min/ USA:109 min (unrated version)
Country:
USA / Canada
Language:
English / French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS/ Dolby Digital/ SDDS
Certification:
Ireland:18/ Indonesia:Dewasa/ Japan:R-15/ Iceland:16/ Argentina:16/ Australia:MA/ Brazil:14/ Canada:18A/ Canada:R (director's cut) / Chile:14/ Finland:K-15/ France:-12/ Germany:16/ Hong Kong:IIB/ Hong Kong:III (director's cut) / Netherlands:16/ Norway:15/ Peru:14/ Philippines:R-18/ Singapore:M18 (director's cut) / Singapore:M18 (theatrical version) (re-rating) / Singapore:NC-16 (edited for re-rating) / Singapore:R(A) (original rating) / South Korea:18/ Sweden:15/ Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) / UK:15/ USA:R/ USA:Unrated (director's cut)
Filming Locations:
Chemin du Lac, Knowlton's Landing, Québec, Canada
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MOVIEmeter:
2% since last week
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Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Trivia:
Screenwriters Nicholas Kazan, Hillary Seitz and David Ayer worked on revisions for Jon Bokenkamp's script.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: UPS doesn't deliver to PO Boxes.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Cashier:
Where are you going?
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Movie Connections:
References Psycho (1960)
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Soundtrack:
Inertia Creeps
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Creepy, sinister and moody. But SE7EN it ain't..., 15 April 2004
Author:
Freedomisanillusion from Tasmania, Australia
Despite my love of Angelina Jolie, I must say that Taking Lives wasted
a lot of good opportunity.Given that they invented an entirely new lead character, we can't
really compare this to the book, so let's look at it as a movie of it's
own right.Jolie plays Illeana Scott, a somewhat strange FBI agent who is called
up to Canada to investigate the grisly murders of several young men,
all whom have had their identities stolen by the killer. New to the
scene is witness James Costa, Ethan Hawke, who soon grows to have an
attachment to Scott.At turns formulaic and down right rip off (the credits are far too
similar to be called a homage to SE7EN), Taking Lives is a very
enjoyable piece of work.Beautifully shot, the film wallows in its moods. It knows that it can
be creepy, but it wears it out on its sleeves.Angelina is on top form as Scott, although its a shame that the movie
does stoop to the need for quick-sex-scene-with-unnecessary-titty-shot.Ethan Hawke is bearable as Costa, although he and Jolie have very
little chemistry.Other players, Olivier Martinez, Gena Rowlands, Tcheky Karyo and Jean
Hughes-Angalade are also quite good.The film does have its highs: excellent cinematography, creepy sinister
mood, two fantastic adrenaline-jump moments that I never saw coming.
But it also has one FATAL flaw, and that is that anyone who has seen
any piece of film or television before will be able to guess who the
killer is. Still, a fun movie nevertheless.7/10 If you get the chance to see it in the cinema, watch people's
reactions to the 'scissors-scene'. I was amazed to see hoe genuinely
horrified even the most hardened viewers in my cinema were.
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