Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 03/19/2004(USA)
Release Date: 08/17/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 103 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
A female detective on the trail of a psychotic killer discovers love in a dangerous time in this
thriller, based on the novel by
Michael Pye.
Illeana Scott (
Angelina Jolie) is a special agent with the FBI who has a reputation for using offbeat methods, but also boasts a strong record as a criminal profiler.
Scott is called in by a former Quantico colleague (
Tcheky Karyo) to assist two Canadian police detectives,
Paquette (
Olivier Martinez) and
Duval (
Jean-Hugues Anglade), who are on the trail of a serial killer who has been doing business in and around Montreal for close to two decades. The murderer has a history of assimilating many aspects of the lives of his victims after he kills them, but there's been a witness to his most recent crime. Art gallery owner
James Costa (
Ethan Hawke) saw the killer during an assault, and now finds himself working as an only marginally willing decoy for
Scott. As
Scott and
Costa follow the killer's trail, they find themselves becoming attracted to one another, which is not necessarily a comfort to
Scott as she finds her quarry moving closer and closer.
Taking Lives also stars
Kiefer Sutherland and
Gena Rowlands.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
