Mindhunters

2004 Crime Drama

Finnish-born Hollywood filmmaker Renny Harlin directs the suspense thriller Mindhunters with a screenplay by writer/director Wayne Kramer. Val Kilmer stars as Harris, an FBI official teaching a group of trainees the art of profiling serial killers. He takes them on a weekend retreat to a deserted island for some supplemental simulation exercises in which they catch a fake killer. When some FBI trainees get killed for real, the rest figure the murderer must be one of them. Class leader Sara (Kathryn Morris) must try to stay alive long enough to figure out if one of her colleagues is the murderer. Is it Gabe (LL Cool J), J.D. Reston (Christian Slater), Bobby (Eion Bailey), Rafe (Will Kemp), Lucas (Jonny Lee Miller), Vince (Clifton Collins Jr.), or Nicole (Patricia Velazquez)?

Director: Renny Harlin

Starring: Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, Jonny Lee Miller, Eion Bailey, Clifton Collins Jr.

 30 Reviews  2 Awards

Reviews

  • In its design, at least, Mindhunters"surpasses all other Christie knockoffs.

    Lawrence Toppman - Charlotte Observer

    26 April 2013

  • Director Renny Harlin's take on Agatha Christie's versatile "Ten Little Indians" is total B-movie swagger in all its unsubtle glory.

    Michael Rechtshaffen - The Hollywood Reporter

    26 April 2013

  • Is the film worth seeing? Well, yes and no. Yes, because it is exactly what it is, and no, for the same reason.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    26 April 2013

  • What does satisfy is the pleasantly becalming presence of "Deep" costar LL Cool J. He's fast becoming Liv Ullmann to Harlin's Bergman.

    Scott Brown - Entertainment Weekly

    26 April 2013

  • Mindhunters is as effective as a movie can be and yet still be 100 percent forgettable.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    26 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Horror/Thriller

    Golden Trailer Awards (2004)

     

  • Choice Rap Artist in a Movie

    Teen Choice Awards (2005)

     

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