Mindhunters (2004) on Netflix
R20041h 46mCrimeMysteryThriller
Profiler trainees head to an island off North Carolina for their final exercise, hunting a serial killer called The Puppeteer. An observer, Gabe Jensen, joins them, and the scenarios turn lethal.
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Plot summary
Jake Harris trains the Mindhunters, a group of FBI agents learning to profile criminals, by staging versions of real cases with sets, props and actors. For their final exercise, the group, led by veteran agent J.D. Reston, travels to an island off North Carolina that the Navy uses for hostage and outbreak drills, complete with target dummies, rail-mounted vehicles and fake storefronts. Gabe Jensen, a profiler who asked to watch Harris teach, joins them. Their assignment is to track a serial killer known as The Puppeteer. The next morning brings a dead cat holding a broken pocket watch, and a rigged trap kills one of the group. Their boat explodes before they can leave the island.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Mindhunters (2004)
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- Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and Gary Busey were each offered the part of FBI instructor Jake Harris and all rejected the film before Val Kilmer agreed to play him.
- Gerard Butler was set to play Lucas Harper but dropped out to star in Timeline, and Ryan Phillippe was also considered for the part before Jonny Lee Miller signed on.
- Reese Witherspoon, then married to Ryan Phillippe, was offered the role of Sara Moore but turned it down, and Kathryn Morris was later cast.
- During editing, Harlin toned down much of the violence hoping for a PG-13 rating in the United States, but the MPAA still judged the film too dark and gave it an R, after which Harlin reinserted the deleted scenes.
