Mindhunters

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Mindhunters

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Mindhunters

Eion Bailey, Clifton Collins Jr., Will Kemp, Val Kilmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathryn Morris, Christian Slater

On a remote island, the FBI has a training program for their psychological profiling division, called "Mindhunters", used to track down serial killers. The training goes horribly wrong, however, when ...( read more  read more... )a group of seven young agents discover that one of them is a serial killer, and is setting about slaying the others. Can the few that are left figure out who the killer is in time?

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  • Gx7
    September 20, 2009
    Gx7
    Recently added to my collection. Proper review to follow. If you liked Suspect Zero youll like this movie.
  • rebvodka042099
    November 20, 2008
    rebvodka042099
    This is one of my favourite sci-fi movies. The idea it's delivering is original and well-thought-of, the performances are way above your average sci-fi performances and unlike other movies in its category, it keeps you at the edge of your seat and has you wonder who's the villain...( read more) of them all, who's gonna die next and similar questions. It's bold and sharp-sighted and not easily forgotten.
  • Deano78
    November 20, 2008
    Deano78
    This is a very good little know film. It's a mix of cat and mouse thriller with the FBI trying to track a killer at one of their training facilities. It starts as a thriller and soon becomes a horror as puzzles are put in the teams way similar to the traps in the Saw films. Along...( read more) with an impressive cast and great setting this is worth hunting out.
  • PvtCaboose91
    July 13, 2008
    PvtCaboose91
    "Here we are. Crimetown USA. Where all the residents are dead... or about to be."


    Mindhunters is one of Renny Harlin's newest films. The director is perhaps comprehensively acknowledged for his action movies: in the 1990s, audiences witnessed such films as

    ...( read more)The Long Kiss Goodnight, Cliffhanger and Die Hard 2 (debatably his best film). Unfortunately, the director has seen better days. The director has seen some real stinkers, for example Deep Blue Sea and Cutthroat Island. The remaining fans of the director probably had their hopes set pretty high for this film. In traditional Renny Harlin style the film is exceedingly entertaining, but contains a fairly preposterous set of events.

    Mindhunters achieved poor results at the box office despite a solid cast and its renowned director. This film is a substantially flawed, but reasonably entertaining modern take on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (a.k.a. Ten Little Indians). In addition to borrowing elements from Christie's story, there is further evidence of unoriginality: first of all, the film's trite plot is something one would expect to see every night on CSI or something. Secondly, there are also chief elements borrowed from typical slasher films such as Friday the 13th. In other words, this film borrows from everything.

    In any case, the film's story concerns a group of seven FBI agents-in-training. These seven people have potential to reach the status of an FBI psychological profiler, and are being trained by hard-nosed FBI instructor Jake Harris (Kilmer). For their final test, the seven FBI students are transported to an isolated island where they will spend the weekend tracking a mock serial killer: performing as part of a team to solve the simulated murder. Those who manage things capably go onto FBI postings. Those who flunk will be cut from the FBI. For this weekend, an additional "observer" is brought along to report on Harris' training methods (this observer is played by LL Cool J, who's billed as his real name - James Todd Smith - probably to show that he's serious about acting). Once on the island, real murders begin unfolding. It grows obvious that among these agents-in-training there's a serial killer using precise timing techniques to execute each person one by one. The idea is that these FBI students are allegedly learning to profile killers...but the tables are reversed, and it appears the killer is profiling each student according to their psychological profiles. That's the cleverest plot twist in a story that is otherwise fairly mundane.

    There are several key flaws in Mindhunters that unfortunately destroy its major potential. First of all, character development is non-existent. Very soon into the movie we're already on the island and the killer is on the loose. We're expected to attempt to solve things ourselves and sympathise with the characters. But do we care? No! We are never given a reason to care about these characters apart from their looks and absurd behaviour. We're never introduced to the characters sufficiently, and we've never given adequate background on them for us to be interested in their safety. They are purely exchangeable faces.

    The cast are a mixed bag. Val Kilmer is in good form, as are a few other people. Jonny Lee Miller, on the other hand, is embarrassingly bad. His accents change frequently...from American to British to various incoherent accents. Another flaw is the high levels of improbability. These agents are supposedly smart, yet their behaviour is preposterous and laughable. Also, the killer somehow manages to set elaborate traps in just a few minutes. The precise timing of these traps is impossibly accurate and would take hours to set! Are we supposed to believe someone formulates these ideas incredibly quickly? Gimme a break!

    Overall, Mindhunters is a reasonable thriller from Renny Harlin. The murders are usually grisly, gory and violent, with the film containing a few interesting plot twists. Of course the film is competently made with an impressive atmosphere and a moderate entertainment value. However things are just so stupid and it's impossible to suspend your disbelief. Not to mention some shocking acting at times, and zero character development.
  • Showrogan
    June 1, 2008
    Showrogan
    Not bad, but off base alot...the cast needed to be revised...they didn't complement each other well...
  • 21rclemente
    November 22, 2009
    21rclemente
    Bmovie...so it seemed., but it had its moments
  • honey88foru
    November 6, 2009
    honey88foru
    I started watching it today and I only realized like in the middle that I've seen it on HBO a couple of years ago. So it's okay but nothing special.
  • SpunkyJamez
    October 9, 2009
    SpunkyJamez
    This is not a good movie. It's got a good concept and I would have turned this movie off if it didn't have that. Most of the time it's just crap. The acting is bad and the characters aren't very likeable. There are scenes with a lot of violence and gore, but I didn't think they w...( read more)ere done very well. The ending was a bit predictable as it played along and there were a lot of plot holes. The only good thing here was the concept and the mystery. I only watched so I could find out who the killer really was. I think those were the real stars here, but this film doesn't have much to offer and I wouldn't recommend it at all.
  • kigaiyuuto
    October 5, 2009
    kigaiyuuto
    An overlooked action thriller. FBI procedural meets Saw-lite. Really enjoyed it.
  • andyrt14
    September 12, 2009
    andyrt14
    story was ok and it was a pretty smart film but the characters wer annoying but its worth one watch
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