Taking Lives
A Film Review By Paul Perkins (Film Info Click Here)
The Poster Child For Identity Theft
Identity theft is a big problem is our country people are stealing other people social security numbers and credit cars and other personal stuff it happens a lot on the internet.
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 Montreal 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 theorizes 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 demeanor 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.
Walking into this film it make me think of other films like it, like Bone Collector, Seven and other thrillers of the past. When the film started it look just like seven I was waiting for Kevin Spacey to come on the big screen but he did not.
These types of film are hard to do because the filmmaker doesn’t want you guess the killer or killers too soon into the story because it would ruin the film and it have the audience lose interest. And if the ending is just right you will have the audience shock and talking about this film for months to follow.The story was pretty good it was king of creep and does have some good suspense in it, the acting help the story a lot and made us the audience get into the story and thinking who is the killer. The story did not drag at all and held my attention from start to finish.
If you go see this film please don’t give the ending out to anyone it will ruin the film check out this film this weekend.
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