Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Mindhunters **1/2
Cast: LL Cool J, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathryn Morris, Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, Patricia Velasquez, Eion Bailey, Will Kemp, Clifton Collins Jr.
Director: Renny Harlin
Running Length: 1:45
MPAA Classification: R

Seven serial killer profiler students and one observer are taken to an island by their teacher, Jake Harris (Kilmer). They are given a weekend to solve a fake case, and this will serve as their final exam. They quickly find out that there is a killer amongst them when people start getting killed one by one. As the suspicion shifts from person to person, the team must use their skills to find the killer before it is too late.

"Mindhunters" is a good movie with no outstanding performances. The story is interesting, but when everything is revealed, it seems impossible that the killer could have planned all the killings. This, of course, is a big plot hole. If you can get over this, and not take the movie too seriously, "Mindhunters" is a mostly entertaining, although forgettable experience.

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