FILM REVIEW
Taking Lives
Director: D J Caruso
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland,
Gena Rowlands
Classification: tba
Running Time: tba
Opens On: 09 April 2004
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 intuitive, unconventional
approach often makes the crucial difference between catching a killer and
sending a dead-end case to the cold file.
When Montreal detectives handling a local homicide investigation
reluctantly ask for an outsider's help to get inside the head of a cunning
serial killer, Agent Scott joins the case. With meticulous insight, she
theorizes that the chameleon-like killer is "life-jacking" - assuming the
lives and identities of his victims.
As the pressure mounts to catch the elusive murderer, Agent Scott's
unorthodox methods alienate her from a territorial police team that feels
threatened by her uncanny abilities. Her seemingly cold demeanour belies
an unparalleled passion for her work, and she's at her best when she's
working alone. But when an unexpected attraction sparks a complicated
romantic entanglement, the consummate specialist begins to doubt her
finely honed instincts.
Alone in an unfamiliar city with no one she can trust, Agent Scott
suddenly finds herself on a twisted and terrifying journey, surrounded by
suspects in a case that has become chillingly personal.
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