Taking Lives is a 2004 English-language Crime Mystery film written by Jon Bokenkamp and directed by D. J. Caruso and produced by Mark Canton and Bernie Goldman under the banner of Village Roadshow Pictures in collaboration with Atmosphere Pictures. The film starts in the early 1980s. Young Martin Asher took a bus for Canada. He meets another teen on the bus, Matt Soulsby. When the bus broke down they decided to rent a car and drive to Seattle. On the road the car gets a flat tire, and Matt starts changing the tire. Martin comments on how he and Matt are about the same height, and in that moment he quickly pushes Matt in the way of an oncoming truck causing a huge accident where Matt and the driver both die. He took Matt's guitar and left singing like Matt did. Twenty years later, an FBI profiler, Illeana Scott comes to Canada to help hunt down the now serial killer Martin Asher who killed multiple men and lived by their identities. Martin's mother claims that she saw Martin in Quebec city and she tells the police that Martin is evil. The police also has an eyewitness James Costa who saw Asher kill his last victim.. Written by victoria. Taking lives features Angelina Jolie in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Olivier Martinez, Tch Ky Karyo, Jean-hugues Anglade and Gena Rowlands. The movie is based on Taking Lives by Michael Pye. The music was composed by Philip Glass. Cinematography was done by Amir Mokri and editing by Anne V. Coates. The film has a running time of 103 minutes. It was released on 19th March 2004 in English and French languages. The Film was successful at box office. Taking Lives was made on a budget of $45 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $65 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures.