Taking Lives

Taking Lives (2004)

The film starts in the early 1980s. Young Martin Asher took a bus for Canada. He meets another teen on the bus, Matt Soulsby. When the bus broke down they decided to rent a car and drive to Seattle. On the road the car gets a flat tire, and Matt starts changing the tire. Martin comments on how he and Matt are about the same height, and in that moment he quickly pushes Matt in the way of an oncoming truck causing a huge accident where Matt and the driver both die. He took Matt's guitar and left singing like Matt did. Twenty years later, an FBI profiler, Illeana Scott comes to Canada to help hunt down the now serial killer Martin Asher who killed multiple men and lived by their identities. Martin's mother claims that she saw Martin in Quebec city and she tells the police that Martin is evil. The police also has an eyewitness James Costa who saw Asher kill his last victim...

Genres

Crime Mystery Thriller

Countries

United States

Director

D.J. Caruso

Writers

Michael Pye Jon Bokenkamp

Producers

Mark Canton Bernie Goldmann Dana Goldberg David Heyman Bruce Berman

Composer

Philip Glass

Cinematographer

Amir Mokri

Editor

Anne V. Coates

Production

Village Roadshow Pictures Atmosphere Entertainment MM Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring

Angelina Jolie Ethan Hawke Kiefer Sutherland Gena Rowlands Olivier Martinez Tchéky Karyo Jean-Hugues Anglade Paul Dano Justin Chatwin André Lacoste Marie-Josée Croze Christian Tessier Billy Two Rivers Richard Lemire Julien Poulin Brigitte Bedard Dominique Briand Alex Sol Shawn Roberts Martin Brisebois Gabriel Charland-Gagné Nathalie Matteau Hugh Probyn Henri Pardo Fabiano Amato Judith Baribeau Anne Marineau

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