Director:
Renny HarlinCámara:
Robert GantzMúsica:
Tuomas KantelinenReparto:
Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Will Kemp, Eion Bailey, Jonny Lee Miller, Clifton Collins Jr., Kathryn Morris, Patricia Velasquez, Cassandra Bell (más)Sinopsis(1)
El FBI tiene un programa de entrenamiento para sus agentes de la división de perfiles psicológicos, llamado Mindhunters, con el objetivo de enseñar a sus miembros a seguir la pista a los asesinos en serie. Unos jóvenes agentes del cuerpo están a punto de finalizar su duro programa de instrucción. Sólo les queda una última prueba: pasar un fin de semana en una isla remota resolviendo un crimen ficticio. Pero lo que ninguno de ellos sabe, es que entre ellos hay un asesino en serie, entrenado en las técnicas más modernas de asesinato y acostumbrado a pensar dos pasos por delante de ellos. Lentamente, metódicamente, el asesino los va eliminando uno a uno. Mientras los crímenes se van sucediendo, los agentes comienzan a desconfiar los unos de los otros. Todos están bajo sospecha y en peligro mortal pues se verán obligados a llevar al límite sus habilidades e inteligencia contra un enemigo que les conoce a la perfección. (Aurum Producciones)
(más)Reseñas (5)
“An utterly despicable script that devolves into a parody of itself. A group of people in an isolated place, terrorised by a mysterious killer (how many times has this been done before), all mixed with a good portion of clichés and a would-be surprising revelation. Some of the elaborate murders are straight out of Final Destination, but while they could be taken lightly there, here they are meant to be deadly serious, and several scenes make this thriller an unintentional comedy. It's a good thing Harlin's direction makes this bit of screenwriting idiocy at least somewhat watchable, but I still don't understand the effort of a once-so-excellent action filmmaker to waste his energies on something like this; he's been systematically undercutting the branches beneath him in recent years, and unfortunately, he's doing a really good job of it."
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The last noteworthy film of Renny Harlin, after many years, turned out to be an adrenaline-filled action-packed ride, but it is tripped up by a clichéd ending. Such a surprisingly clever crime ride, thanks to the many excellent scenes like the shootout in the water and the refreshing visuals, deserved a better culmination, but as it is the final impressions remain unnecessarily low.
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The behavior of all the characters got on my nerves quite a bit. But more than anything else I was annoyed by the boy’s blonde hairstyle. And that's not the only reason it sometimes felt like I was watching a parody. A lot of scenes are unnecessarily dramatic and the effects are not very good. Not even the huge amount of obvious effort can save the stupid script and weak cast. This film certainly didn't live up to my expectations. 2 stars.
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Assuming you haven't seen enough slasher subgenre films (because if you had, you would soon realize that Kevin Brodbin took inspiration wherever possible, and in better films than Mindhunters) and if you can turn off your brain (but beware, really turn it off, there's no room for half-measures here), you might enjoy the film because Renny Harlin is a decent craftsman and he manages to create atmosphere quite well. But what's the point, when the screenplay is truly not for intellectuals and it contains all sorts of obvious foolishness? When you add to that the fact that the more well-known actors are rather lackluster and the film belongs to the B league, it's more likely a recipe for disaster. I have never mastered the art of shutting down my gray matter, so for me, it gets an overall impression of 25%.
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Renny Harlin is getting increasingly shittier, it's as if he forgot how to direct. The fights are laughable, the plot doesn't flow, the script is rubbish and even the actors are nothing special. Where is the problem? God knows, but this movie cannot be recommended, not even as a deterrent example of a claustrophobic thriller, where a group of people is solely reliant on their abilities and on each other, and to top it all off, the key culprit is within their own ranks. This has been done a thousand times before and a thousand times it has been done better. Even the much-criticized D-Tox has a better atmosphere and is much more intense than this disgustingly boring crap.
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