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Taking Lives (2004)

103 minutes EN 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.

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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

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Philip Glass

Original Music Composer

Anne V. Coates

Editor

Amir Mokri

Director of Photography

D. J. Caruso

Director

Mark Canton

Producer

Bernie Goldmann

Producer

Bruce Berman

Executive Producer

Alan C. Blomquist

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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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Production companies: Village Roadshow Pictures, Atmosphere Entertainment MM, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $45,000,000

Revenue: $65,470,529

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