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Taking lives - Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Olivier Martinez, DJ Caruso
Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
He would kill to be you.
A top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (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 Montréal 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 theorises 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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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film thriller crime serial killer profile FBI identity theft
Persons of interest
- Angelina Jolie .... Illeana Scott
- Ethan Hawke .... John Costa
- Kiefer Sutherland .... Hart
- Olivier Martinez .... Paquette
- Gena Rowlands .... Mrs Asher
- Tchéky Karyo .... Leclair
- Jean-Hughes Anglade .... Duval
- Justin Chatwin .... Matt Soulsby
- Michael Pye .... Author
- Jon Bokenkamp .... Storywriter
- Jon Bokenkamp .... Screenwriter
- DJ Caruso .... Director
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- Taking lives official movie site
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Theatrical report
Yet another "on the edge" serial killer investigator goes after a "beyond the edge" serial killer and becomes his victim. Because law enforcement officers always end up as victims of the alleged criminal they're pursuing. And they fall in love. Any two people meeting at random will fall in love. It's true. Motion pictures don't lie.
Security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Medium level violence)
Surveillance time
103 minutes (1:43 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 15 April 2004
DVD rental: 13 October 2004
VHS rental: 13 October 2004
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