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Taking Lives
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6.4Recruited 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.
Cast
- Angelina Jolie as Illeana Scott
- Ethan Hawke as James Costa
- Kiefer Sutherland as Christopher Hart
- Gena Rowlands as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
- Olivier Martinez as Paquette
- Tchéky Karyo as Leclair
Themes
- underdog
- undercover agent
- strangeness
- investigation
- special unit
- montreal, canada
- special capabilities
- serial killer
- colleague
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
100,489 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
21%
Metacritic
38/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- D. J. Caruso
- Written by
- Jon Bokenkamp
- Based on
- Taking Lives , by Michael Pye
- Produced by
- Mark Canton , Bernie Goldman
- Starring
- Angelina Jolie Ethan Hawke Kiefer Sutherland Olivier Martinez Tchéky Karyo Jean-Hugues Anglade Gena Rowlands
- Cinematography
- Amir Mokri
- Edited by
- Anne V. Coates
- Music by
- Philip Glass
- Production companies
- Village Roadshow Pictures , Atmosphere Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- March 19, 2004 ( 2004-03-19 )
- Running time
- 103 minutes, 109 minutes (director's cut)
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, French
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $65.4 million
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Official website
WarnerBros.com | Taking Lives | Movies
Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner and Emmy-nominee Angelina Jolie (Mr. & Mrs.
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 962362
- Official website
- takinglives.warnerbros.com
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- publication date
- 2004-04-08
- title
- Taking Lives
- review score
- 38/100
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Taking Lives is a 2004 American psychological thriller film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke, with supporting roles by Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Hugues Anglade, and Gena Rowlands. Written by Jon Bokenkamp and loosely adapted from the 1999 novel by Michael Pye, the film centers on an enigmatic serial killer who takes on the identities of his victims.
The film was released in the United States on March 19, 2004, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received generally negative reviews from critics, but was a moderate commercial success.