MORE REVIEWS AT booksequalhappiness.blogspot.comI have watched this before but I still cannot emphasize how much I love this movie. The story was very intriguing and very gruesome. This is one of the movies that has an amazing twist in the ending. It was just so awesome to watch. I love how the story panned out. Plus, Angelina Jolie was very pretty here.

*** Spoilers Lie Ahead ***I like Angelina; she's undeniably pretty. Her lips are like surreal or perhaps unreal. I do not know.I rated her movie "Changeling" (which I own") higher. I absolutely loved her in "Gia" (also own) and "Girl Interrupted".I cannot point to what told me that the suspect, "person of interest" was her guy, but I screamed at the screen multiple times: "That's your guy!" Also "Don't do that!", when it was obvious she was about to bed him.Well, perhaps I should rethink my rating, because it definitely engaged me. No one screams at the screen without being caught up in it right?Did anyone else have the reaction I did?

This film is alright. It's nothing to rave about but at the same time I'm glad I watched it. Angeline Jolie is quite good in it, as is Ethan Hawke. There's nothing too amazing about it, there's a couple of alright twists here and there. You can probably see them coming though to be honest. There are some pretty exciting scenes, and without revealing too much, probably the best jump-scare I've ever experienced in any film. The soundtrack is pretty good, any film that opens with U2 then follows it up with The Clash is a winner in my eyes. Overall, a good thriller but pretty run of the mill. Worth a watch though if, like me, you are fascinated by all things serial killer and cat and mouse thrillers.

Taking Lives was screened on TV last night and, since it was late, I recorded it. I'm glad I did.Apart from starring Angelina Jolie, who I have the utmost admiration for, not just as an actress but as an all-round wonderful person, the action was "ordinary" with Keifer Sutherland taking a very minor part.It is difficult to review this movie without including spoilers and to do that would be somewhat pointless because there are so many twists and turns. Maybe the smarter viewers saw them coming but, personally, I had no idea with the result that I was on the edge of my nice comfortable La-z-boy for much of the movie.Whilst I was pretty confident that the guilty one would get his due deserts in the end, almost right up to the last minute, I was fooled (you'll see what I mean). And let me add that I was VERYT pleasantly fooled because, by that point, I was actually seething with anger.I suppose Taking Lives was, in the final analysis, just another whodunnit movie but I enjoyed it and, as I say, I'm glad I recorded it.