Taking Lives | | Cast : | Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez | | Director : | D.J. Caruso | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Released Date : | March 19, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | August 17, 2004 | | Language : | English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | Unrated | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | October 01, 2007 | | Summary | Ok but I've seen better. | Content
 | Taking Lives starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke has a great and scary opening scene although the rest of the film drags and falls flat halfway through but it seems like none of the reviewers liked the ending, I thought the last 10 minutes were just as exciting as the first 10. Jolie plays her character very well, Hawke well he kinda over-acts but Taking Lives does have some frightening moments but overall this film is pretty much forgettable. So be forewarned, you might like it or might hate it, for me it was decent but I probably wouldn't watch it again. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 24, 2007 | | Summary | Not enough Paul Dano--my only complaint!! | Content
| My only complaint is that there wasn't enough Paul Dano!!! Good movie, although I wish there had been more flashbacks to the young Martin to give more depth to the character and exposure to great young actor. Also, Ethan Hawke was believable as a victim and Angela Jolie as an investigator learning from her mistakes. If you are as big a fan of Paul Dano as I am, be sure to check out L.I.E. (which is amazing!) and Little Miss Sunshine as well as The King and his many other fine films. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 14, 2007 | | Summary | Could have been ... | Content
| I like Angelina Jolie despite the controversy she has generated through her personal life. She is a great beauty, as well as a very good actress. She has, however, not appeared in a high caliber movie since she had her breakthrough in Girl,Interrupted and been cast as the lead. This movie was good, but it slowly but surely discintigrates into a ridiculous ending.
Angelina Jolie plays an FBI agent looking for a killer in Montreal. A la Clairise Starling she puts herself in every situation possible (laying in the hole in the earth where one of the victims was found on a construction site, for example), and tries to know her killer this way. She even battles the male dominated police force being one of if not the only woman on the case. She is clearly haunted by her past, just like Clairise, and becomes so closely attached to her victims / witnesses that she almost faulters. Just like Clairise. It was inevitable that she will become involved with one of the suspects (Ethan Hawke), and they will end up on a false lead (Keifer Sutherland, whose preformance is underrated). The ending, however, was too hoaky to be believed.
It's been done before with Silence of the Lambs, but really REALLY screwed up the end to make this from a fair to a good movie. Nice to see once, but not a favorite. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 25, 2007 | | Summary | angelina jolie - angelina jolie | Content
| If you like Angelina Jolie you'll love this movie. If not.. don't buy it.
Contrived story (you can read the "surprise" in the middle of the movie).
But Angelina is worth the price of admission.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 10, 2007 | | Summary | Taking a Twist | Content
| If you caught Jolie in "Bone Collector" and liked it, you probably want to see her in this one. Fairly effective FBI investigative story. While searching for clues of a murder she finds changes in her personal life may cause a conflict of interest. Nice twists make it a keeper I think. Fans of "Along Came a Spider" and "Kiss the Girls" should enjoy it. |
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