MINDHUNTERS (2005)

MORGAN'S RATING

On a remote island, the FBI has training programs for their psychological profiling division, called "Mindhunters", used to track down serial killers. The training goes horribly wrong, however, when 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?

Val Kilmer (Harris), LL Cool J (Gabe Jenkins), Christian Slater (J.D. Reston), Eion Bailey (Bobby Whitman), Will Kemp (Rafe Perry), Jonny Lee Miller (Lucas Halpern), Clifton Collins Jr. (Vince Sherman), Kathryn Morris (Sarah Moore), Patricia Velazquez (Nicole Willis), Trevor White (The Attacker), Daniel Boissevain, Antonie Kamerling (Sophisticated Man), Jasmine Sendar (Girl at the bar).

FOR SEVEN ELITE PROFILERS, FINDING A SERIAL KILLER IS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. THEIR OWN.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Renny Harlin (Driven). WRITERS: Wayne Kramer and Kevin Brodbin. PRODUCERS: Cary Brokaw, Akiva Goldsman, Robert F. Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver, Rebecca Spikings and Scott Strauss. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Susan E. Novick. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Renny Harlin, Nigel Sinclair, Moritz Borman, Basil Iwanyk and Guy East. LINE PRODUCER: Erwin Godschalk. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Tuomas Kantelinen and Matt Dunkley (orchestrations).  DISTRIBUTOR: Dimension Films.

QUOTES

Harris: So tomorrow, I have a senior staff meeting with the director, a cue for a performance review, and an academy course to prep. But now, instead, I get to waste my whole day at your funerals.

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: TBA 2005 (USA) (DVD PREMIERE) SHOOTING DATES: February 2002 -- May 2002 - Christian Slater plays a character named "J.D." - the same name of his character in Heathers (1989). - The film was originally scheduled for release in April 2003, then shifted to August 22nd, 2003. Now, Dimension Films have bumped the film back even more, to January 23rd, 2004. Test screenings proved well so the distributors pulled the movie from its slot to take more time to market it. - Gerald Butler was set to play the Lucas Halpern character before dropping out to star in Timeline (2003). - The scenes in the FBI Headquarters were filmed at the "Haagse Hogeschool" in The Hague, the Netherlands. The building you see there is the school.

Bobby: (analyzing Girl at Bar) "Good evening, my fine young FBI friends. I am a pretty little thing just out of lit class at GMU. Please note the Jim Joyce in my tape spade. My parents are loaded as per my expensive emsemble and that 'J', where is it, on my key ring, means I'm either a 'Jill' or a 'Jennifer'. Those being the favorite names of beltway parents circa 1981. I like to hang with my girlfriends and have a good time but I'm really just a mature woman looking for a mature man."

J.D.: The lovely Nicole and her personal demons. I'm surprised there's enough room at the table for all of us.

Gabe: The island. The middle of nowhere. They're all professionals. What's the point? Harris: The point is that they're isolated, alone, and forgotten. That's what it's like to be in the mind of a sociopath.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

Harris: Here we are. Crimetown USA. Where all the residents are dead...or about to be.

"Add a few genuine surprises and some plot twists along the way and what you have in Mindhunters is an enjoyable little thriller that helps us forget some of the rubbish that has been dominating our movie screens as of late." -- Morgan Muscat, The Action Kings

Lucas: I came out here to feed the ducks and I see your feeding the ducks. Maybe we could feed the ducks together?

Rafe: Did he just pull that gun out of his ass?

Gabe: Iny, miny, mino, mo. Who's the next motherfucker to go?

"An excellent addition to the genre...genuinely original, surprising and wholly exciting...the twists are never-ending." -- Clint Morris, Moviehole

J.D.: It's no fun unless it's a challenge, right?