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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…
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Taking Lives
“He would kill to be you.”
64%
Movie
1h 43m
AI Analysis
Taking Lives (2004) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Taking Lives (2004) — a movie tagged as Thriller with tense moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~103 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Taking Lives 64% (1,740 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2004-03-19
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- TMDB rating
- 6.4
- TMDB ID
- 11081
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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 k... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Angelina Jolie
Illeana Scott
Ethan Hawke
James Costa
Kiefer Sutherland
Christopher Hart
Gena Rowlands
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Olivier Martinez
Paquette
Tchéky Karyo
Leclair
Jean-Hugues Anglade
Duval
Paul Dano
Young Asher
Justin Chatwin
Matt Soulsby
André Lacoste
Cashier
Marie-Josée Croze
Medical Examiner
Christian Tessier
Interrogation Officer
Billy Two Rivers
Car Salesman
Richard Lemire
Québec City Cop
Julien Poulin
Québec City Inspector
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Brigitte Bedard
French Reporter
Dominique Briand
Bartender
Alex Sol
Hotel Manager
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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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