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.
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Cast
- Angelina JolieIlleana Scott
- Ethan HawkeJames Costa
- Kiefer SutherlandChristopher Hart
- Gena RowlandsMrs. Rebecca Asher
- Olivier MartinezPaquette
- Tchéky KaryoLeclair
- Jean-Hugues AngladeDuval
- Paul DanoYoung Asher
- Justin ChatwinMatt Soulsby
- André LacosteCashier
Recommendations
- 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
The New York Times
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. - 50
Charlotte Observer
By the pseudo-shocking end, we're half-entertained by the dedicated cast and half-lulled to sleep by the dull, overfamiliar sounds they make. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
If Taking Lives starts off with a modicum of wit and creepy-crawly scares, it winds up somewhere else altogether: in the cliche-strewn land of preposterous red herrings. - 40
The A.V. Club
Sadly, Taking Lives, adapted from a novel by Michael Pye, proves to be one long wallow in elements that have long since had their effectiveness dulled flat.
