Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

weasl-729-310682 *** Spoilers Lie Ahead ***I like Angelina; she's undeniably pretty. Her lips are like surreal or perhaps unreal. I do not know.I rated her movie "Changeling" (which I own") higher. I absolutely loved her in "Gia" (also own) and "Girl Interrupted".I cannot point to what told me that the suspect, "person of interest" was her guy, but I screamed at the screen multiple times: "That's your guy!" Also "Don't do that!", when it was obvious she was about to bed him.Well, perhaps I should rethink my rating, because it definitely engaged me. No one screams at the screen without being caught up in it right?Did anyone else have the reaction I did?

Python Hyena Taking Lives (2004): Dir: D.J. Caruso / Cast: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Gena Rowlands, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez: Disappointing thriller about identity. It opens in 1983 where the killer first strikes causing an accident and consuming the identity of the victim. The case builds over the years with male victims with their face smashed in with their identity stolen. Gena Rowlands is cast as a woman who believes that it is her surviving twin son whom she hasn't had contact with for years. Angelina Jolie plays a profile expert on serial killers who is to assist in the case. Here is a thriller satisfied in jerking viewers around with its totally obvious revelations. Director D.J. Caruso brings style to the material but even his flashy lead fails to ignite life into this charade of shame. Prior to this he directed a lot of television that may very well be better than the material he deals with here. Jolie is suppose to be seen as this brilliant expert but the ending she plans out is total bull, and screwing the male lead is too cliché. Ethan Hawke is an an art dealer questioned by police but he is basically there to share the sack with Jolie. Gena Rowlands is seen briefly but who gives a crap, and Kiefer Sutherland is too obvious and we don't care about that either. Typical thriller that doesn't serve as an analysis. No, it serves as a total waste of time that is taking our lives when we plunk down and watch it. Score: 3 / 10

callanvass (Credit IMDb) An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.I saw this over a year ago, and I've forgotten most of it. Despite the great cast, this movie has a big feeling of "been there, done that" It's a derivative serial killer thriller that offers nothing new. I don't remember too much, but I remember it being awfully predictable. I wasn't that impressed with Jolie, but I did like the performances from Hawke and Sutherland. I also remember a terrific opening scene with Paul Dano. That's about it. If that's all I remember, I can assure you it wasn't that good.5.4/10

gavin6942 An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.What a great cast, including a more mainstream role for Gena Rowlands, who steals every scene she is in. We also have a relatively young Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke in one of his stronger roles (far predating his Oscar nomination for "Boyhood").Unfortunately, the film starts strong but then slows down, becomes plodding and predictable. Some have called it just another average thriller, and that is more or less what it is. Neither great nor terrible, but ultimately forgettable.