Mindhunters (2004)

May 7, 2004 (FI) • Mystery, Thriller, Crime • 106m

Overview

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.

Director

Renny Harlin

Writers

Wayne Kramer, Wayne Kramer, Kevin Brodbin

Top Billed

Kathryn Morris

Keywords

island fbi simulation training serial killer slasher series of murders suspicious fbi agent suspenseful

Where to watch

Free / Included

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Top Billed Cast

Kathryn Morris

Sara Moore

Jonny Lee Miller

Lucas Harper

LL Cool J

Gabe Jensen

Christian Slater

J.D. Reston

Patricia Velásquez

Nicole Willis

Clifton Collins Jr.

Vince Sherman

Eion Bailey

Bobby Whitman

Will Kemp

Rafe Perry

Val Kilmer

Jake Harris

Cassandra Bell

Jen

Jasmine Sendar

Friend of Jen

Antonie Kamerling

Man in the Bar

Daniël Boissevain

Second Man in the Bar

Trevor White

Attacker

Crew

Louise Seymour

Post Production Coordinator

Cary Brokaw

Producer

Guy East

Executive Producer

Moritz Borman

Executive Producer

Renny Harlin

Executive Producer

Robert Newmyer

Producer

Jeffrey Silver

Producer

Nigel Sinclair

Executive Producer

Monika Mikkelsen

Casting

Pur Thijs

Hairstylist

Lisa Chugg

Set Dressing Production Assistant

Craig Irving

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Leslie Shatz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andrew Caller

Foley

Yvonne Bakker

Makeup Artist

Matthew Gray

Assistant Art Director

Stelios Polychronakis

Set Designer

Graeme Purdy

Property Master

Jon Stevenson

Foley

Ruth Sullivan

Foley

Janine Schneider

Hairstylist

Berry van Zwieten

Production Manager

Thomas Martin

Construction Foreman

Tricia Cameron

Makeup Department Head

Linnea Pohjola

Set Decoration

Marco Rooth

Art Direction

Kay Georgiou

Hairstylist

Rob Hillenbrink

Makeup Effects

Arthur Koek

Scenic Artist

Nick Adams

Sound Designer

Stuart Morton

Sound Editor

Matt Lewis

Special Effects

Rebecca Spikings

Producer

Paul Martin Smith

Editor

Eliza Solesbury

Set Decoration

Tessa Hornstra

Makeup Artist

Meta Schalij

Makeup Artist

Samir Fočo

Sound Effects Editor

Toby Shears

Propmaker

Tuomas Kantelinen

Original Music Composer

Janine Schneider

Makeup Artist

Steve Gaub

Production Supervisor

James Dunn

Special Effects

Charles Wood

Production Design

Tessa Hornstra

Hairstylist

Nicholas Hastings

Set Decoration

Wilma Dunn

Special Effects Coordinator

Marten Negenman

Sound mixer

Neil Farrell

Editor

Pur Thijs

Makeup Artist

Colin Jackman

Sculptor

Louise Frogley

Costume Design

Tricia Cameron

Additional Photography

Tony Gardner

Makeup Effects

Julian Ashby

Set Designer

Andy Nicholson

Assistant Art Director

Paul Dunn

Special Effects

Ingrid Van Wakeran

Makeup Artist

Ivana Jeftic

Sound Effects Editor

Jon Olive

Sound Designer

Robert Gantz

Director of Photography

Simon Webber

Makeup Effects

Johan Rompelberg

Boom Operator

Steve Single

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Luke Marcel

Special Effects

Wayne Kramer

Story

Harry Wiesenhaan

Special Effects Coordinator

Scott McIntyre

Special Effects

Renny Harlin

Director

Wayne Kramer

Screenplay

Kevin Brodbin

Screenplay

Lee Wilson

Storyboard Artist

Lou Huijs

Property Master

Scott Strauss

Co-Producer

Marlies van Ree

Production Coordinator

Lynda Foote

Costume Supervisor

Patrick Dodd

Supervising Sound Editor

Willem de Beukelaer

Stunt Coordinator

Marcel de Hoogd

Production Sound Mixer

Tjarco van Wijck

Location Scout

Susan E. Novick

Associate Producer

Bryan Baverstock

Transportation Coordinator

Heleen Rouw

Publicist

Hans de Weers

Co-Producer

Andrew Glen

Music Editor

Joe Rangel

Music Supervisor

Steve Oakes

Set Decoration Buyer

Tamás Nyerges

Steadicam Operator

Grant Hewlett

Digital Effects Supervisor

Ralph Foster

Visual Effects Editor

Katja Sobrino

Script Supervisor

Dan Farrell

First Assistant Editor

Rudger Faber

Electrician

Micky Reeves

Gaffer

Flip Bleekrode

First Assistant Camera

Jimmy Geduld

Stand In

Erwin Godschalk

Co-Producer

Harvey Weinstein

Co-Executive Producer

Chia-Chi Hu

Digital Compositors

Adam Dale

Camera Operator

Alexander Aben

Driver

Stephen Barker

Post Production Supervisor

Chuck Toussieng

Visual Effects

Vargo Bawits

Visual Effects Coordinator

Bob Weinstein

Co-Executive Producer

Brian Jennings

Visual Effects Supervisor

Marc Brown

Underwater Camera

Jon Billington

Supervising Art Director

Harry Wiesenhaan

Special Effects Supervisor

Jeremy Woodhead

Key Makeup Artist

Steve Farman

Negative Cutter

Roseanna O. Samantha Istance

Assistant Production Manager

Anthony Litton

Foley Editor

Brian Jennings

Title Designer

Paul Conway

ADR Editor

Jonas Juhanson

Key Grip

Sunita Parmar

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Cliff Lanning

First Assistant Director

Sabine Snijders

Wardrobe Supervisor

Nick Ingman

Conductor

Jerry Grayson

Pilot

Andrew Francis

Telecine Colorist

Scott Bunce

Additional Third Assistant Director

Roland Goddijn

Special Effects Technician

Remi Kolk

First Assistant Accountant

Colette van Ojik

Wardrobe Assistant

Brian Jennings

Second Unit Director

Michel Struik

Camera Car

Trevor Brown

Colorist

Tobin Armbrust

Production Executive

Caoimhe Doyle

Foley Artist

Matt Dunkley

Music Arranger

Maggie Moran

Production Assistant

Nicolas de Pruyssenaere

Stunt Double

Alexander Yves Brunner

Executive Assistant

Johanneke Pastoor

Assistant Property Master

Ariel Castillo

Camera Trainee

Paul Ensby

Digital Color Timer

Cees Aloserij Jr.

Best Boy Grip

Ted Boonthanakit

Storyboard Artist

Aaron Coot

Dailies Operator

Marc Brown

Focus Puller

Peter Gleaves

ADR Mixer

Patrick Cutliffe

Assistant Foley Artist

Saskia van Liempd

Assistant Camera

Martijn van Kalleveen

Assistant Electrician

Rolf Dekens

Second Assistant Camera

Christopher Learmonth

Digital Intermediate Editor

Jan Moeskops

Assistant Grip

Marco Maas

Stunt Double

Michel Struik

Stunts

Ron Sleeswijk

Stunts

Diana Wiersma

Stunt Double

Matthew Sharp

Second Assistant Director

Andy Taylor

Visual Effects Coordinator

Brian Best

Creature Design

Dominic Fysh

Other

Reviews

John Chard

⭐ 7/10

May 5, 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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