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Taking Lives (2004)

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All Time

of 190,142

6,933

2000's

of 34,011

2,321

2004

of 10,037

333
Action
- Action All Time
  
  of 5,895
  
  754
  
  Action of 2004
  
  of 236
  
  41
  
  Action of the 2000's
  
  of 1,832
  
  254
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,077
  
  793
  
  Crime of 2004
  
  of 143
  
  26
  
  Crime of the 2000's
  
  of 1,142
  
  221
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  3,498
  
  Drama of 2004
  
  of 1,565
  
  165
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  1,152
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,011
  
  1,275
  
  Thriller of 2004
  
  of 375
  
  54
  
  Thriller of the 2000's
  
  of 3,010
  
  431

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Taking Lives (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.4345

Avg Critic Score:2.3459

Taking Lives (2004) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Taking Lives" is another one of those serial killer thrillers where the madman is not content with murder but must also devise an ingenious and diabolical pattern so that it can be intuited by an investigator who visits the crime scene and picks up his v ...read the complete Taking Lives movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

A certain genre of thriller depends more upon style and tone than upon plot; it doesn't matter if you believe it walking out, as long as you were intrigued while it was happening. ...read the complete Taking Lives movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"Caruso succeeds in giving Taking Lives the necessary dark feel and just enough of a drawn out character development needed for a thinking man's thriller. ...read the complete Taking Lives movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

As far as thrillers go, Taking Lives exists on a level somewhere above that of the run-of-the-mill, routine film that believes unexpected (and often nonsensical) twists are the only way to hold an audience's attention. ...read the complete Taking Lives movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

One positive thing that can be said about D. J. Caruso's (The Salton Sea) Taking Lives is that it doesn't feel like a carbon copy of every thriller out there. ...read the complete Taking Lives movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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RopeofSilicon (Steve Davis)

Can an actress be too sexy for a role? Angelina Jolie pushes that limit in the dark, psychological thriller, Taking Lives. Jolie plays Special Agent Illeana Scott, a top FBI profiler called on to help Montreal authorities track down a serial killer on...read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at RopeofSilicon (Steve Davis)

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The King's Room (Paul Perkins)

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)...read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)

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Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)

Caruso succeeds in giving Taking Lives the sordid, dark feel of Seven without making his flick repugnant and he provides an ending that delivers all the thrills and shocks a serial killer whodunit needs....read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)

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Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)

The film's finale is truly egregious, a laugh-out-loud combination of ludicrousness and sadism that someone somewhere probably found scary, assuming they never saw a thriller before....read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)

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