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	Taking Lives
		That of course is the film Taking Lives and it deals with a serial killer that has been hard to track down ever since he was a teenager, so then the search begins.
		Taking Lives actually has a few of those, no where near a handful, but some are unforgettable and for the moment were very good.
		Taking Lives survives for the most part in delivering a somewhat entertaining and interesting thriller.
	www.angelfire.com /film/opinion/2004/takinglives.html (824 words)

	"Taking Lives" - Salon
		The new thriller "Taking Lives" is set in Montreal and anyone who sees the movie without having visited that city could be forgiven for thinking that electricity has not yet made it to southern Canada.
		She surmises that the killer is adopting the identities of his victims, living off their credit cards and cash, and moving on to a new identity when it suits him.
		Jolie is so good at conveying a mind putting things together that Caruso's decision to keep cutting away from her to focus in jarring close-up on the details she takes in while she talks to a person seems like a lack of faith in his actress.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2004/03/19/taking_lives/index.html (959 words)

	Taking Lives (2004): Reviews
		If Taking Lives starts off with a modicum of wit and creepy-crawly scares, it winds up somewhere else altogether: in the cliche-strewn land of preposterous red herrings.
		Sadly, Taking Lives, adapted from a novel by Michael Pye, proves to be one long wallow in elements that have long since had their effectiveness dulled flat.
		Even though Taking Lives is not very good, it does contain a) a cool car chase and b) a sex scene in which Jolie goes topless.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/takinglives (1383 words)

	Movieman's Guide to the Movies - Taking Lives (2004)
		Taking Lives is about FBI Profiler Illeana Scott (Jolie), who is called into Montreal in order to solve several strange murders that are linked to one man. But, Agent Scott is not your ordinary profiler.
		Taking Lives starts out well enough with both an opening sequence showing Asher's first kill after running away from home and then the titles that looked like they were inspired from another psychological drama/thriller, Se7en.
		Plot-wise, Taking Lives did not suffer merely because of some bad dialogue or poor character development; it was the story itself that was in a desparate need of repair.
	www.moviemansguide.com /reviews/2004/takinglives.php (991 words)

	TAKING LIVES (UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT - WIDESCREEN) + GIA (UNRATED) - DVDs
		Taking Lives threatens to be interesting, nearly falling into the latter camp before it capitulates and turns out to be just another film that threatens the obvious twist only to deliver it unapologetically.
		Taking Lives is a socio-political horror film trapped in the body of a game show hostess; smart in spite of itself, it's a statement on a bedazzled culture forever reaching for enlightenment with one hand and distractedly fondling the contents of its corpulent crawlspaces with another.
		Taking Lives' trailer plus a 3-minute "gag reel" of line flubs and Jolie's botched attempts to break a mirror round out the special features; trailers for The Big Bounce 2004, Starsky and Hutch, and Triggerman precede the main menu.
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/takinglives.htm (1147 words)

	"Taking Lives" Movie Review by Kevin Carr - 7M Pictures
		From the opening credits, it was nearly impossible to shake the feeling that “Taking Lives” was desperately trying to be the next “Seven.” The problem with trying to emulate greatness is that so often, you fail.
		In “Taking Lives,” so many guns were hung on the wall and not used that they became annoying.
		Based on the limited advertising I had seen, I had thought “Taking Lives” was going to be a taunt psychological thriller about the police tracking a string of shed identities.
	www.7mpictures.com /inside/reviews/takinglives_review.htm (746 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Taking Lives at Epinions.com
		Taking Lives is a new suspense thriller starring Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, and Keifer Sutherland.
		Taking Lives is a run-of-the-mill thriller, with a fair share of dead and disfigured bodies, nudity and a few twists.
		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.
	www.epinions.com /Taking_Lives__In_Theaters/display_~reviews (797 words)

	Review \| Taking Lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Pye takes the question of identity -- often a tantalizing subsidiary theme or plot device in mystery novels and thrillers -- and brings it to the fore.
		He lives out their identities for as long as their funds last -- in the New York art world, on remote Caribbean resorts, and attached to shady European financial companies.
		Taking Lives escapes the miasma of Arkenhout's life and becomes the first-person narrative of John Costa, a museum curator who will eventually track Arkenhout down -- and become his victim.
	www.januarymagazine.com /crfiction/takinglives.html (935 words)

	Amazon.com: Taking Lives - Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Angelina Jolie,Ethan Hawke,Kiefer Sutherland,Gena ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A psychological thriller, Taking Lives is the story of an FBI agent who becomes involved with her key witness while tracking a prolific serial killer who assumes the lives and identities of the people he kills.
		"Taking Lives" stars Angelina Jolie as FBI profiler Illeana Scott who is assigned to Montreal, and the case of a particularly vicious serial murderer.
		Much of Taking Lives is shot in dark, dank basements or closeted rooms, shards of light penetrating through cracks in the walls.
	www.amazon.com /Taking-Lives-Directors-Cut-Widescreen/dp/B00005JMWP (2321 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Taking Lives" movie review (2004) "Taking Lives" review, D.J. Caruso, Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke
		So he could be anyone from the handsome young Montreal detective (Oliver Martinez) who's bitter that Jolie's been brought in on his case, to the handsome young painter (Ethan Hawke) who is the only witness to one of the murders, to the handsome, ominous stranger (Kiefer Sutherland) who seems to be stalking the artist.
		When he turns up at her hotel room and backs her up against a wall for a fiery first kiss and subsequent sex scene, you can't help but wonder what happened to the anxious guy who was afraid for his life just a few scenes before.
		"Taking Lives" does effectively spread suspicion around, but this contradiction sets the tone for the rest of the picture as it devolves from fairly canny red herrings into chase scenes and over-embellished switcheroos.
	www.splicedonline.com /04reviews/takinglives.html (522 words)

	Box Office Prophets: Taking Lives
		Taking Lives stands in stark opposition to its March thriller counterpart, Secret Window.
		Taking Lives is all the more disappointing because Jolie's performance is actually not bad at all.
		Abstract speculation aside, Taking Lives is an extremely uneven and occasionally mind-bogglingly dull film on the whole.
	www.boxofficeprophets.com /hollis/takinglives.asp (597 words)

	The GATE :: Review of 'Taking Lives' Starring Angelina Jolie & Ethan Hawke
		A great cast can often be the catalyst that takes an okay movie and makes it something great, but as is more often the case, it just doesn't matter who you cast if you don't start off with a decent script.
		When a similar murder takes place the very next day, and a witness by the name of Costa (Hawke) is found at the scene, they begin to realize that they're very close to catching their killer.
		However, Illeana, a veritable sociopath of the forensic world, runs into problems with the case when she starts getting too close to Costa even though she knows it will ruin her work on the case when he seems to be in danger of being killed by the unknown murderer.
	www.thegate.ca /reviews/taking-lives.php (565 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - Taking Lives (2004)
		"Taking Lives" could best be described as a motion picture from filmmakers far more ambitious and talented than what the script demands.
		Directed by D.J. Caruso (2002's "The Salton Sea"), the biggest blunder of "Taking Lives" is its treatment of Illeana Scott, a feisty heroine whom you learn absolutely nothing about through the course of the film aside from her skill in forensic profiling.
		She is left stranded in "Taking Lives," praying for some character meat to dig into that never comes.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/t/04_takinglives.htm (608 words)

	Taking Lives (2004) : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		March 16, 2004 —; Ethan Hawke talks to USA Today about his work on "Taking Lives" and the breakup of his marriage, which is dominating questions from the media.
		The gossip threatens to overshadow Taking Lives, which opens Friday and co-stars Angelina Jolie as a profiler investigating an unsolved homicide with Hawke as the only witness.
		Taking Lives is Hawke's first major film since 2001's Training Day, which earned him a supporting-actor Oscar nomination for playing a rookie cop bullied by Denzel Washington.
	www.countingdown.com /movies/3115125/news?item_id=3405525 (198 words)

	TAKING LIVES
		TAKING LIVES is yet another retread into the dark and lurid film noir jungle that is known as the serial killer picture.
		TAKING LIVES owes a considerable debt, visually at least, to David Fincher’s already mentioned crime masterpiece, and it pains itself to be as shocking, violent, and stylish as well.
		From its opening moments to its early scenes with Jolie’s investigative techniques, TAKING LIVES is well-defined and considerably less preposterous than a handful of the thrillers that have been released lately.
	www.craigerscinemacorner.com /Reviews/taking_lives.htm (1624 words)

	Taking Lives movie,trailer,review,pics,pictures,poster,news,DVD at The Z Review
		Taking Lives will be released in the UK on R2 DVD on the 27th September 2004.
		Lives, which is set to start shooting this week in Montreal.
		Taking Lives will be based on the book by Michael Pye and will tell the tale of a FBI profiler (the Jolie role) who has to capture a serial killer who has spent 20 years assuming the identities of his victims.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/t/takinglives.shtm (1733 words)

	Movie Spoiler for the film - TAKING LIVES
		He constantly takes over other peoples' lives, simply so he doesn't have to be himself, leaving each one behind as it becomes boring, inconvenient, or too familiar.
		The case over, Scott is clambering around in a bathrobe, taking down the crime photos she had pasted up all over the suite, when there's a knock.
		Finally he takes a cut on the hand to grab them away and take her in a choke hold from behind.
	www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/takinglives.html (5765 words)

	Taking Lives reviewed by the Goliard Online
		Way back in the aforementioned day, the actor Jon Voight was filming a movie in the Tucson area and evidently needed a place to exercise and take a sauna or steam after a long day on the hot, dusty set.
		It was with all this in mind that we ventured out recently to take in her new film Taking Lives.
		Since we had gone to the film based solely on the fact that she was in it, we weren't expecting much other than to reacquaint ourselves with Angelina and be mildly entertained for a couple hours.
	www.thegoliard.net /newmoviemen/takinglives.htm (1200 words)

	MovieJuice!: Taking Lives - C.S.I. Candy
		Taking Lives is a dark and dreary would-be thriller that may have you taking your own life before the final frame.
		Taking Lives is set in Montreal, where French and English collide like Angelina's career collides with a tree.
		This is a case of a murderer who kills folks then assumes their lives and identities.
	www.moviejuice.com /2004/takinglives.htm (751 words)

	"Taking Lives" / a review and/or comments from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		With meticulous insight, she theorizes that the chameleon-like killer is 'life-jacking' - assuming the lives and identities of his victims.
		“Taking Lives” is a very average crime/profiler movie — much like a version of the hit television show “C.S.I.” made to fit into the format of a big screen movie.
		I was deeply offended during this scene, and although the knowledge of them having had sexual relations is important to the plot, the scene was unnecessary.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2004/takinglives.html (1427 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Taking Lives
		Like "Twisted" and "Secret Window," "Taking Lives" is another psychological thriller that really clicked for me. Maybe I'm just a sucker for these kinds of movies, but if you're as much a sucker as me, you might share my feelings.
		The movie centers on a case involving a serial killer, who takes on the identities of his victims.
		"Taking Lives" is a solid murder mystery, for fans of psychological thrillers like "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Se7en." If you're one of those fans, you'll have a hell of a time!
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/takinglives.html (287 words)

	IGN: Taking Lives Review
		September 14, 2004 - Taking Lives is one of the most beautifully-shot thrillers I've seen.
		The lighting, color and cinematography are all unusually strong, and it's great to see a director who really takes advantage of his aspect ratio instead of playing it safe for the inevitable fullscreen edition.
		Jolie is capable in her role, and she certainly looks as gorgeous as ever, but there's only so much that can be done with mediocre writing and latter scenes really betray everything she's built up in the first half of the film.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/547/547898p1.html (882 words)

	Taking Lives Review :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Unfortunately, Taking Lives doesn't add any brilliance to the exhausted spot-the-serial-killer psychological thriller--but as uneventful as it is, it does get props for a clever ending.
		Through his camerawork, he sets up Illeana's hyper-sensitive skills of observation, as she notices everything around her, only to see those skills fail on her later--and aided by composer Phillip Glass' haunting musical score, the film reaches the predictable high points, fulfilling its thriller quota.
		But what keeps Taking Lives in the running is its curveball at the end.
	www.hollywood.com /movies/reviews/movie/1746542 (953 words)

	Taking Lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		If Taking Lives is the best script Angelina Jolie can find, then she might as well strap back on Lara Croft’s guns.
		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.
		I am recommending Taking Lives because it has a sharp visual style, one big twist that did take me by surprise, and a couple of hard scares that gave me the chills.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/TakingLives-10003095/preview.php (1095 words)

	Movie Review for Taking Lives
		Taking Lives should have starred Ashley Judd and probably would have if they’d been able to add a healthy helping of Morgan Freeman and removed one scene of particularly heavy petting.
		Taking Lives is only interested in how much shock value it can deliver by throwing in as many twists as possible.
		When the revealed killer calmly pronounces that she and he are one and the same, it rings with a note of truth, which, had it been better examined might have given Taking Lives an edgier and much needed dimension.
	www.cinemablend.com /reviews/Taking-Lives-73.html (762 words)

	Taking Lives (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taking Lives is a 2004 film starring Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke, based on the novel of the same title by Michael Pye.
		A successful FBI profiler, Illeana Scott (Jolie), is summoned to help out Canadian law enforcement in Montreal, to hunt down a serial killer who assumes the lives and identities of the people he kills as he travels across North America.
		Illeana has to adjust to working in a strange city with a police team which she does not really fit in with.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taking_Lives_(film) (157 words)

	Taking Lives - Preview Online
		It is a question which becomes central to the story of the thriller, based on a novel by British ex-pat Michael Pye, which was not only filmed in Montreal but, unusually in today’s world of one city standing in for another, actually set there as well.
		The killer in Pye’s novel is a man who doesn’t just kill people: he takes over the lives of his victims for a short period of time, before tiring of that particular identity and moving on to another life, another identity, another murder.
		The first time we see Jolie, she is stretched out full-length in a recently opened grave, getting the measure of her prey.
	www.preview-online.com /sp2004/feature_articles/lives/index.html (273 words)

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