Taking Lives

Two and a half stars. Almost okay, but too flawed to make the grade.

Bog standard serial killer thriller. It has one (1) jump out of your seat moment and one (1) twist in the tail, but otherwise nothing else of special note. The fact that it's set in Montréal is nice, but apart from the pretty city scenes, utterly irrelevant. I'm sure that the novel the film is based on gave the city a loving treatment, and provided a splendid backdrop for complex characters, but any richness that might have been present in the book completely fails to translate into film. I'm sure there must be some originality left in the psycho serial killer genre, but it sure ain't here.

Also, why do I keep getting Angelina Jolie and Ashley Judd mixed up?