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Movie Overview
Cast
• Val Kilmer
• LL Cool J
• Christian Slater
Director
• Renny Harlin
MPAA Rating
R - violence/strong graphic images, language, and sexual content
Mindhunters (2005)

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OFCS Rating: 30% Rotten
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"The spirit of Agatha Christie hovers over 'Mindhunters,' a suspenseful mystery with plenty of suspects to keep viewers guessing about the identity of a serial killer."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

2.5/5
"the more I think about the logic of Mindhunters, the less I like it"  Filmcritic.com  Blake French

B
"Mindhunters pulses with style and confidence, even when it doesn’t have a clue how to figure itself out."  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

"LL Cool J is a puzzle the film cannot solve. "  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

1.5/4
"There is no necessary tension, no memorable characters, and no sense of fun. Instead, Renny Harlin just lines up his cast and knocks off their boring asses one at a time. "  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

"The hoariest picture of the year."  City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul  Ed Gonzalez

C
"As far as preposterous, imbecilic thrillers go, it's a fun one."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

1.5/4
"The good news is that Paul Schrader’s Exorcist prequel is finally going to hit theaters. The bad news is that Mindhunters is going to beat it by a week."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

C-
"It is not that the film is goofy; I would have loved to see goofy. Instead, it is simply stupid, hopelessly dense and never for a second self-aware."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

D+
"Mindless...a tedious, pedestrian gorefest with neither the slightest degree of inventiveness or wit, nor the remotest sliver of sense."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/4
"It's not hard to see why this movie lingered on Dimension's shelves for long."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"More so than any other action director, Harlin is able to take mediocre and often outlandishly stupid scripts and punch them up into endlessly watchable guilty-pleasure gold."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

'2.5/4'
"Unintentionally hilarious on the one hand and scarier than it should be on the other."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

"Judging by the end product, my guess is after the second or third go-round, he threw up his hands and tossed the footage into a Cuisinart."  Pajiba  Jeremy C. Fox

7/10
"...enjoy the film for what it is, which is a dark, blazin’, thrilling, stylish kill-ride that doesn’t mind winking at a few other films, as well as..."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

4/10
"...for all its pseudo logic, Mindhunters is just as implausible as any Halloween sequel."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

1/5
"."  3BlackChicks Review  Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

1.5/4.0
"... promises a sophisticated “C.S.I.” meets Saw thriller, then shatters that illusion with four words: directed by Renny Harlin."  MovieCrypt.com  Kevin A. Ranson

3/5
"At least it’s better than Harlin’s last film, that dreadful Exorcist prequel."  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

1.5/5
"Harlin's brisk pacing leaves little time for reflection, but the whole house of blood-spattered cards dissolves upon even cursory reflection."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2.5/4
"A cool, scrappy B movie with no pretentions"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

B-
"The intriguing set-up, some sharp performances, and director Renny Harlin's capable staging of action and suspense make this a passable thriller, if not a memorable one."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

1.5/4
"Saying super-hack Renny Harlin is no Agatha Christie might be the understatement of the millennium."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

F
"One-time action wunderkind Renny Harlin proves once again that coherence is not his forte."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

C-
"In true serial-killer-stalks-victims fashion, the first hour is tense and the last hour is terrible."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Sean O'Connell

1/4
"Garbage of the potential camp-classic kind."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

"Click here to see review"  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 30% Rotten
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