Theater Release:
March 19, 2004
DVD Release:
August 17, 2004
Genre:
Thriller
MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence including disturbing images, language and some sexuality
Main Cast:
Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Tcheky Karyo, Jean Hugues Anglade, Gena Rowlands
Director:
D.J. Caruso
Producer:
Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann
Screenwriter:
Jon Bokenkamp
Studio:
Warner Bros.
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 In Taking Lives, a top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (Angelina Jolie) relies on her intuitive, unconventional approach rather than traditional crime-solving techniques to figure out the mind of a mysterious murderer. When Montreal detectives are forced to ask for an outsider’s help to get inside the head of a devious serial killer in order to solve a local homicide investigation, Agent Scott joins the case. With scrupulous insight, she figured out that killer is “life-jacking” – assuming the lives and identities of his victims. As time passes and the pressure to catch the killer mounts, Agent Scott’s uncommon techniques alienate her from a territorial police team that feels threatened by her uncanny abilities. She would prefer to work along but, when an unexpected attraction sparks a complicated romantic entanglement, the specialist begins to doubt her own 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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