One positive thing that can be said about D. J. Caruso's (The Salton Sea) Taking Lives is that it doesn't feel like a carbon copy of every thriller out there. Perhaps that's because Ashley Judd (the "Judd" role is being played by Angelina Jolie) is nowhere to be found. Or perhaps it's because the movie, for the most part, appears more concerned with telling a story than twisting its narrative into a pretzel. But the movie voids a lot of good will with a cheesy ending. This is just the kind of denouement I was hoping Taking Lives wouldn't sink to, yet it does.
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