Taking Lives - He would kill for your life
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Taking Lives - He would kill for your life |
| Original title | Taking Lives |
| Country of production |
United States Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | DJ Caruso |
| script | Jon Bokenkamp |
| production |
Bruce Berman Mark Canton Dana Goldberg Bernie Goldmann David Heyman |
| music |
Philip Glass Walter Werzowa |
| camera | Amir M. Mokri |
| cut | Anne V. Coates |
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Taking Lives - For your life he would kill (Original title: Taking Lives ) is an American thriller directed by DJ Caruso from 2004. The screenplay by Jon Bokenkamp is based on the novel Taking Lives by Michael Pye from 1999. The main roles play Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke .
action
The FBI - profiler Illeana Scott helps the Montreal police , after a serial killer to search, kills people to take their identity.
Rebecca Asher, interrogated by the police, testifies that she suspects her son Martin, who is believed to have died, of being the perpetrator. She claims to have seen him alive on a ferry, even though she was asked years ago by forensic medicine to identify her son who was allegedly killed in a car accident . During the investigation it turns out that Martin Asher is actually still alive and is the wanted murderer.
After the murder of Clive Morin, the art dealer Costa is being held at the crime scene. He testifies to have witnessed the crime and creates a phantom image for the police . The suspicion that Costa could have been the perpetrator himself is dropped. After breaking into his office and interrogating it, Scott brings Costa home and the two grow closer. The police assume that Costa will be the next victim and decide to take him out of town for his safety. Before that happens, Costa is attacked by Hart. There is a car chase and a serious accident that leaves Hart dead. Hart is identified as the killer based on his DNA and hair found on Morin's body, and the case is considered closed. Scott spends a night of love with Costa.
When identifying Hart's body, Rebecca Asher discovers that the dead person is not her son. Costa and Rebecca Asher meet in the elevator of the Police Headquarters and Costa reveals himself to her as her son Martin before he kills her on the spot. When the elevator arrives on the ground floor of the building, Scott sees Costa bent over the dead man with bloody hands. She is so shocked by the sight that Costa escapes.
Costa already approaches his next victim in one go and mocks Scott on the phone. By booking Clive Morin's credit card, you can find out about Costa's route, but the immediate search remains unsuccessful.
Scott realizes that the fight between Costa and Hart and the ensuing escape were only staged. Hart was with Costa and threatened him, but only because he wanted money from him. Costa alias Martin Asher took the chance and presented Hart to the police as a murderer. Martin Asher had lived Costa's life for a long time.
Scott is released from service. Seven months later, pregnant Scott lives alone at the gates of a small town. One day she is surprised by Costa in her house. He paints her a future together with the children she expects. When she rejects him, a fight breaks out. Costa feels clearly superior and rams scissors into Scott's pregnant belly to kill the children. But instead of collapsing, Scott stabs the completely surprised Costa with the scissors. Her discharge, pregnancy and her new life were only faked to lure the killer and finally catch him.
background
Although the film is set in the French-Canadian city of Montreal , the recordings mostly show scenes from Québec , for example the famous Hotel Château Frontenac .
There is also a longer (unrated) version of the film. It is shown how Scott, at the age of 12, surprised a 16-year-old burglar in her parents' house and killed him with a knife. Furthermore, you can see some of the scenes that can also be found in the trailer for the film. In it, Scott is shown again and again how she covers her ears. She explains it by saying that she can think better when it's quiet. Finally, there is a different sequence after Scott discovered Costa's true identity. There she remembers the sex with him again, which is repeatedly interrupted by fade-ins of corpses. She sits in the shower and tries desperately to wash away all traces of him. Her superior's explanations are also more detailed in this scene.
Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes evaluated 157 reviews and got only 22% positive ratings.
Ethan Hawke called the film "terrible".
Andreas Haaß wrote on Moviepilot that director DJ Caruso had created a thriller with 'Taking Lives' that was exciting from the first to the last minute. Although he only leaves a few tracks, he manages to mislead the audience again and again. In the first half of the film you are convinced you know the killer. But then suddenly at least two other people turned up who were definitely the perpetrators. He called the movie a wonderful mess.
Todd McCarthy wrote in Variety magazine on March 14, 2004 that the film was "elegantly made" and the dialogues were "crisp" and "frugal". At the end of the film, however, there are some “inconsistencies”.
Roger Ebert mentioned some deviations in the script from logic in the Chicago Sun-Times of March 19, 2004, but then added that he would like such deviations ("I like movies that make me ask goofy questions like this"). He praised the performances by Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke and Kiefer Sutherland as well as the direction by DJ Caruso.
Awards
Angelina Jolie was nominated for the 2005 Teen Choice Award (in the Choice Movie Scary Scene category ) and for the Anti-Award Golden Raspberry as worst leading actress (in connection with her portrayal in Alexander).
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Grossing results
Taking Lives grossed $ 32,682,342 in the US and 32,788,187 outside the US (65,470,529 worldwide). Its production cost was $ 45 million
Web links
- Taking Lives - For your life he would kill in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Taking Lives - For your life he would kill atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Taking Lives - For your life he would kill at Metacritic (English)
- Taking Lives - For your life he would kill in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Taking Lives . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ↑ Tom Shone: Ethan Hawke: 'Nothing went the way I thought it would' . February 8, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ↑ 'Angelina Jolie was born to make men weak!' Ethan Hawke reveals former co-star was his 'best ever' kiss . Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ↑ Criticism ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Variety , Todd McCarthy, March 14, 2004
- ^ Review , Chicago Sun-Times , Roger Ebert, March 19, 2004
- ^ Taking Lives (2004) . In: Box Office Mojo . Retrieved May 17, 2010.
