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Best movie of this year hands down!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This movie is about a bunch of FBI wannabe profilers who get dumped on an island and left to solve a simulated case when they start getting bumped off for real.From the very first killing to the last these FBI wannabes are utterly clueless and incompetent. It's like watching Police Academy: The horror years or something. Some of the methods for killing off the agents are more inventive than in saw and, of course, just as likely to totally fail because they are over engineered. In fact, treating it as a comedy made for a better movie than treating it as a serious thriller.

In a simulated experiment in a scene that is reminiscent of saw, would be agents prove their worth by trying to solve a murder; they all fail and get shipped to an island for further improvements. This island looks like something out of Hollywood and reminiscent of the old Nevada nuclear test sites featured in so many other movies; but there is a twist – they are to get into the mind of a serial killer here by being in a similar element – lost, isolated, afraid, and alone. Instead, they turn into a series of misfits that pass the time while they test the water and solve the island about them. Things go awry and each one is picked off one by one. Time and time again, they use stereotyping, profiling and getting inside of the killer's head as a means to defeat the culprit. The twists and turns are many and just who is the killer changes from one scene to the next as the would be agents try to save and assist each other.The movie is reminiscent of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and many of the personalities seem reminiscent as such; they act like teenagers and otherwise squabble amongst themselves. They either clearly know too much, feel utterly capable and confident in their roles, and still manage to get picked off one by one. In a turn like CSI, many of the story and plot makes sense, but is completely unbelievable from a realistic standpoint. The movie is good for Hollywood and is good for this reason – it creates for mindless entertainment and I recommend this movie for that reason.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/? p=5201).

The cast of Mind Hunters is as weird and diverse as any movie can get, but what turned me on to this film was the fact that it was Directed by Renny Harlin. Harlin is a legend in the world of action films, responsible for such films as Die Hard 2, 12 Rounds, & The Long Kiss Goodnight. He usually doesn't waste his time on direct-to-video films, and prefers to feature his own people, but the story here was so good, that he must of made an exception. Mind Hunters follows seven FBI agents who are training to be profilers, under the watch of the toughest trainer there ever was, Jake Harris (Val Kilmer). For their final test, the group goes to a small island the navy uses for training, and must work together in order to catch a serial killer that doesn't exist or do they? Once they begin their investigation, the group quickly come to realize that the scene is booby trapped and they are cut off from the outside world, trapped on an island with a killer. While having a unique location and a terrific director, what I really enjoyed about this film was how it was more than just some slasher film. This group isn't just a bunch of frat girls running from a guy in a hockey mask, they are trained, intelligent, FBI agents, trying to figure out which one of them is responsible for setting the rest up. This film features all the fighting, gun battles, and chases that you get in a typical action thriller, but there is also a methodical obsession among the group to find the one that betrayed them, and for that this film is unique. Kathryn Morris stars and has more than enough experience playing a detective, after sever years on Cold Case. Likewise LL Cool J has played a cop on numerous occasions, most recently on NCIS: Los Angles. Going into the film, I wasn't all that crazy about this cast, but once I got into it, I realized that they were brought together, because all of these guys have plays cops, FBI agents, or some kind of law enforcer in the past. That mix of unique personalities and experience help this film, because what the cast lacks in talent, they make up for with experience. Mind Hunters isn't something you've never seen before, but it brings together several different common themes in a new way and it will keep you on the edge of your seat.

While this is just a little B-movie, I did quite like the central idea and its execution (no pun intended). Story wise it's not really that big a deal, but it does keep you guessing and excited from beginning until the end, if you let yourself into the mechanics of the movie that is of course.The horror genre needs movies like this in my book more than anything else. Some might call it a thriller too of course, but whatever genre you put it in, the suspense and the "who's behind this" will keep you on the edge of your seat. With stellar performances (especially for the genre and the money invested) this is above average.