Another deeply formulaic thriller with high production values and a strong cast slumming their way through an appallingly predictable script.
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03/28/04
Taking Lives (2004)
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Reviews Counted:152
Fresh:35
Rotten:117
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: A stylish, but predictable thriller where the only thrills are offered by the sensuous Angelina Jolie.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (Academy Award-winner ANGELINA JOLIE) doesn't rely on traditional crime-solving techniques to unravel the mysteries of a murderous mind. Her... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez
Director: D.J. Caruso
Reviews for Taking Lives
Dig deeper than the classy looks and the shovelful of psychological topsoil ... and there's nothing here that hasn't been done before -- and done better.
04/20/04
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04/24/04
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04/24/04
Suspenseful, nail-biting thriller with not enough Olivier Martinez
03/16/04
Taking Lives is the eleventh Angelina Jolie film I've seen and the eleventh one to fail on some level or another.
03/26/04
poor excuse for audience to waste time on a thriller whose makers have problems with understanding the meaning of the word "thrill".
03/02/05
After skillfully playing with us with numerous possibilities of who the 'real' killer might be, it tips its hand way too early in the story -- and, after that, it's all downhill.
03/18/04
While not breaking any new ground, director D.J. Caruso's movie also doesn't disappoint.
03/19/04
Elegant, good-looking and well-performed, D.J. Caruso's psycho-thriller is an enthralling and engaging drama that works well thanks mostly to its sexy cast.
03/18/04
Taking Lives is a good, near-great film that might seem a lot better if it hadn't been preceded by all of those Judd vehicles -- or if Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling never existed.
03/19/04
Angelina Jolie manages to make attractiveness seem unappealing.
03/22/04
Voids a lot of good will with a cheesy ending.
03/16/04
Even with Angelina Jolie thrown in for forensic sex appeal, this dog won't hunt.
03/19/04
Jolie is surprisingly credible as an FBI profiler...if only the plot of this serial killer thriller could have kept up with her in that department.
03/16/04
Unfortunately, Taking Lives doesn't add any brilliance to the exhausted spot-the-serial-killer psychological thriller, but get props for a clever ending.
03/19/04
Use the title as a warning- Taking Lives takes hours of your life you can’t get back.
03/16/04
While it's not in a league with The Silence of the Lambs, it works in a similarly efficient way.
03/19/04
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June 07, 2007:
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March 13, 2006:
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March 08, 2004:
Director D.J. Caruso (The Salton Sea) shows promise. But when’s the last time Jolie starred in a really good movie? 
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