Mindhunters (2004)

★ 6.5 1h 46m 1,303 votes IMDb

Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Mindhunters

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Kathryn Morris
Kathryn Morris as Sara Moore Age 57 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Kathryn Susan Morris (born January 28, 1969) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Det. Lilly Rush on the series Cold Case (2003-2010), Lara Clark in Minority Report, and Lorna Hunt in B...
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller as Lucas Harper Age 53 · Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK Jonathan Lee Miller (AKA Jonny) is an English actor who gained notoriety with roles in Hackers and Trainspotting. The son and grandson of Stage and Film actors, Jonny's first (uncredited) role was at...
LL Cool J
LL Cool J as Gabe Jensen Age 58 · Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J (acronym for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial...
Christian Slater
Christian Slater as J.D. Reston Age 56 · New York City, New York, USA Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. He made his film debut with a leading role in The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). He gained wider recognition for his breako...
Patricia Velásquez
Patricia Velásquez as Nicole Willis Age 55 · Guajira, Venezuela Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born January 31, 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and fashion model..
Clifton Collins Jr.
Clifton Collins Jr. as Vince Sherman Age 55 · Los Angeles, California, USA Clifton Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American film and television actor, best known for playing student Cesar Sanchez opposite substitute teacher Samuel L. Jackson in the feature film "One E...

Audience Reviews

John Chard 7/10 May 05, 2019
Brain Drain!

The Mindhunters of the title are a group of FBI profilers who as part of their training are sent to a remote island to solve a mock crime in a mock town. Their mission is to form a profile of a serial killer known as The Puppeteer, trouble is, is that The Puppeteer turns out to be real and starts picking them off one by one.

Directed by Renny Harlin and featuring a bonkers story written by Wayne Kramer, it doesn't take an FBI profiler to know what sort of film this is going to be. Featuring a cast that contains LL Cool J, Jonny Lee Miller, Patricia Velásquez, Val Kilmer and Christian Slater, Mindhunters is undeniably preposterous cinema for the easily pleased masses, and yet it's still hugely enjoyable and isn't found wanting in the ingenuity stakes.

The killers secret is closely guarded, which keeps the Ten Little Indians (yes this is another Agatha cover version) like mystery going, and the manner of the deaths have a morbid freshness about them - with one in particular being outrageously thrilling. A few scenes are neatly crafted by Harlin, who is after all is no slouch in the action genre (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight), while the swimming pool finale is taut and tight and the killer reveal genuinely a surprise.

Yes there's problems abound in the film, but isn't there always in this kind of "B" movie hogwash? The cast do what is required as they work through some pretty naff dialogue, and any expectation about caring for any of these characters should be set at option zero. However, it's a nice fit for Harlin, as it finds him comfortable in the knowledge that we want whizz bang murder death kill, and thus he delivers. Expectation of anything else is pure folly and one directs you towards René Clair's excellent 1945 film, And Then There Were None if you need something a bit more solid in your murder mystery diet. 7/10

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