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Taking Lives
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
2004 · Directed by D.J. Caruso · 103 min · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 12 frames
Tagline
He would kill to be you.
Plot
In 1983, teenagers Martin Asher and Matt Soulsby meet on a bus to Mont-Laurier, Quebec. The bus breaks down, and the two acquire a car, which soon blows a tire. As Matt changes the tire, Martin comments that they are about the same height and kicks him into the path of an oncoming truck, killing both him and the driver. Taking Matt's guitar and clothes, Martin continues on foot, singing in a voice similar to Matt's.
21 years later, American FBI profiler Illeana Scott is summoned to Montreal by SPVM Inspector LeClair, to assist the local authorities in apprehending a serial killer who assumes his victims’ identities, enabling him to travel undetected across North America.
Illeana interviews art dealer James Costa, an eyewitness to the killer's most recent murder. He makes a drawing of the killer, so the authorities track down the suspect's apartment, finding a decaying corpse chained to the ceiling. Martin's mother, Rebecca, claims to have seen her son, believed dead in Matt's place years earlier, alive on a ferry to Quebec City, leading to the body buried as Martin being exhumed for forensic examination, and he becomes the primary suspect.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Jon Bokenkamp
- Cinematography: Amir Mokri
- Edited by: Anne V. Coates
- Music: Philip Glass
- Production design: Tom Southwell
- Produced by: Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann
Cast
- Angelina Jolie as Illeana Scott
- Ethan Hawke as James Costa
- Kiefer Sutherland as Christopher Hart
- Gena Rowlands as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
- Olivier Martinez as Paquette
- Tchéky Karyo as Leclair
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Duval
- Paul Dano as Young Asher
- Justin Chatwin as Matt Soulsby
- André Lacoste as Cashier
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: French, English
- Studios: Village Roadshow Pictures, Atmosphere Entertainment MM, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $45,000,000
- Box office: $65,470,529
- Themes: underdog, based on novel or book, undercover agent, strangeness, investigation, special unit, montreal, canada, special capabilities, serial killer, colleague
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