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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Surround, English, French, Spanish Subtitled, Outtakes, Featurettes
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. She finds herself surrounded by numerous suspects and no one to trust.
Editor's Note
With superb investigative skills heightened by uncanny natural instincts, Iliana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is not a typical FBI profiler. This beautiful, no-nonsense Special Agent is a cut above the rest, which is why her old friend Captain Le Claire (Tcheky Karyo) calls her to assist his detectives in Montreal when a brutalized body is discovered in a construction site. A murder the next night provides proof of a serial killer, but this time, there is a witness. Artist James Costa (Ethan Hawke) not only saw the murder, but also tried to save the victim, and is even able to provide a sketch of the killer. The plot only thickens as ultra-dedicated Scott, along with ornery, territorial Detective Paquette (Olivier Martinez) and good-natured Detective Duval (Jean-Hughes Anglade), continue their investigation, linking together numerous similar murders over the years and arriving at a disturbing conclusion. To complicate matters even more, Scott is drawn to their charming key witness, Costa, and finds herself in uncomfortable territory as she fights her romantic impulses in an effort to remain professional. Director D.J. Caruso's (THE SALTON SEA) second feature also stars Keifer Sutherland and Gena Rowlands, and was filmed on location in Canada.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround | | Bodies of Evidence: Stars confess their secrets of working on an ultra-intense thriller | | Puzzle Within The Puzzle: The teamwork of Caruso and veteran editor Anne V. Coates | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Four probing documentaries with the Cast and Crew. | | The Art of Collaboration: How the filmmaking team came together | | Profiling a Director: Inside D.J. Caruso's Mind | | Theatrical Trailer | | Outtakes | | Full Screen Presentation |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Taking Lives - DVD Review By: David Levine - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 3/27/2009 5:36 PM | |
Taking Lives – it’s a title to file under the goofy film names category. It’s a pretty obvious name for a thriller about a serial killer taking the lives of his victims, but the subtext is meant to describe the killer’s desire to live the life of those he has killed… until a new and exciting life peaks his interest. The film’s title failed to excite me, but the movie that bears the name surprisingly did....read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 5/23/2006 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 28406 | | UPC: 00085392840625 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"TAKING LIVES is competent and sometimes even impressive. It is cleanly edited and nicely shot..." 03/19/2004 p.E13Chicago Sun-Times
"[A]n effective thriller..." 03/19/2004 p.28 Box Office
"Angelina Jolie has her usual presence and watchability." 05/01/2004 p.32 |
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