Thursday, June 16, 2005

MINDHUNTERS

A group of FBI agents must stake out a killer amongst themselves in the thriller MINDHUNTERS. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking another agent for the position of profiler, and eight lucky individuals have been pegged as potential profilers. Their assignment is a pseudo-serial killer case on a remote island just off the shores of the United States. As the agents soon find out, the pseudo-case isn’t the only one they’ll be working on. One by one the agents are murdered, and it’s obvious that the killer must be one of them.

If you buy into, or at the very least, go along with the synopsis that I just provided there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy MINDHUNTERS. The film was directed by Renny Harlin, who’s DEEP BLUE SEA was quite enjoyable because it was extremely absurd, graphically terrifying and had a couple of decent surprises to boot. Although not quite on the level of DEEP BLUE SEA, MINDHUNTERS is absurd, terrifying and at times surprising. Much of the entertainment comes from the mousetrap scenarios concocted by writer Wayne Kramer, and the game performances by Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater and Johnny Lee Miller. The mousetrap scenarios are ludicrous, but enjoyable, as we witness the agents’ flaws become their death sentence. MINDHUNTERS is preposterous, violent, campy, and a pretty fun little film.

Grade: B-

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