Taking Lives

Pros: Interesting story, good cast
Cons: Lots of loopholes, not believable

Taking Lives is a new suspense thriller starring Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, and Keifer Sutherland. It is about a runaway who kills people and assumes their identity, hence the title of the movie. This runaway has been missing for nearly twenty years, ...

Pros: Location shots of Canada were something you don't always see in movies these days.
Cons: B-movie fare.

Well, okay. Not every thriller-chiller film can make it into that special category that keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through to the end. Below that pantheon of films that do this for you, there are several thousand somewhat ...

Pros: Jolie, Sutherland, scary scenes, cinematography
Cons: Stagnant, predictable, French acting

It seems like nowadays every psychological thriller tries to emulate the impeccable accomplishment of Silence of the Lambs, the ultimate psychological thriller, many have tried, many have failed. Here we come to the present and a new thriller ...

Pros: Plenty of suspense, Angelina Jolie's performance.
Cons: The killer's identity is fairly obvious.

A cross between Seven/Silence Of The Lambs and The Talented Mr. Ripley. That's how most reviews of Taking Lives have described the film. That description is fairly accurate, for it has the same level of suspense and dark tone as Lambs and Seven did and ...

Pros: Sound, editing
Cons: Acting, camera, cliched story

Taking Lives is a run-of-the-mill thriller, with a fair share of dead and disfigured bodies, nudity and a few twists. Angelina Jolie plays an FBI agent who is invited by the Canadian authorities to help solve a murder. What seems like an ...

Pros: great shock moments, visually impressive, fair plot twists
Cons: bad, bad ending

A mad killer starts taking lives in D.J. Caruso’s “Taking Lives” and it will be up to an FBI agent to help solve the case that’s rocking Canada. Angelina Jolie is Special Agent Illeana Scott, but we’ll just call her Wonderwoman for now. She’s a master ...

Pros: I won't even list them because there is no reason to go see this.
Cons: Just don't go see it.

Okay, let us give 3 cheers for the worst writing on the planet. *hurray* ... *hurray* ... *hurray* Okay, but seriously, this movie is god awful - maybe the worst ever - considering how much it had going for it. But before I give a VERY detailed ...

Pros: Atmosphere, tone, camera angles
Cons: Movie, writing

Upon watching Taking Lives, many critics have remarked that actress Angelina Jolie should give her Oscar back. While I don't share the same reservations, I do agree that after viewing this movie, it's really not that good. If anything, it's a pretty ...

Pros: When in doubt, have Angelina take her clothes off
Cons: Story is completely implausible; atrocious and gratuitous finale

When audiences get their first glimpse of Special Agent Illeanna Scott (Angelina Jolie) in the new "thriller" TAKING LIVES, she's lying down in the exact dank, construction site location where a corpse has recently been discovered. In the dead of night. ...

Pros: Angelina Jolie is sexy. The closer is dramatic. The opening sequence is pretty terrific.
Cons: Totally routine thriller. Very predictable. Very implausible. Just B-level filmmaking.

Taking Lives is a film with an extremely variable entertainment value: highly enjoyable for those with mild expectations and a disappointment for those who expect something truly special. This D.J. Caruso film is more in the mold of The Bone Collector ...

Pros: Watching Jolie at her best in a nail-biting tale that keeps you in suspense
Cons: Would have been nice to have a little more character exposition

I haven't quite figured out yet if I like Angelina Jolie as an actress. Once in a while, like now, she turns up in an absolutely terrific acting piece like this movie or "Pushing Tin". Then she chooses something ridiculous, like the ...

Pros: Angelina's a pretty girl
Cons: Too many to list here

I thought that the idea of Taking Lives looked interesting in the previews, but I was a little wary of it even then. You see, as soon as we saw the first preview, I looked at my friend and we both agreed on who the killer was. At the PREVIEW. And we ...

Pros: Acting above average.
Cons: Don't believe what you see. Ambiguous and predictable.

Oh man ... I apologize. I just don't know where to start. I guess I could say this : look at my profile, see where I'm from. Maybe this will do as a justification for what you're about to read. Taking lives takes place mostly in Montreal, Quebec, ...

Pros: ethan hawke is hot
Cons: too many to mention

I am not a big fan of scary movies. I'll just say that right out. I dont mind seeing one every once in a while, but generally I try to avoid them. That was why I was a little wary in seeing Taking Lives. From what I saw on previews, it looked very very ...

Pros: first 20 minutes, last 20 minutes
Cons: everything else

Angelina is a beautiful woman, that fact is undisputed. I consider her a great actress as well. Why she continues to add clunkers to her resume I will never know. Add to this list "Taking Lives". If you are looking for a film to showcase Ms. Jolie's ...