Mindcage

R

Released Dec 16, 2022

1h 36m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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11 Reviews

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In this spellbinding thriller, detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh) seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.

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Andres D

Beautiful crimes for a Bad movie. Bad script, to predictive. The ending has not sense.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Michelle B

Very silence of the lamb vibe.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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JÄK H

OMG the oscar for the best worst actor ever Martin Lawrence. Dude you could have at least tried, rather than just being a halfway stoned Alex Cross throughout the entire film. And his character, they basically just said lets make him a sloppy version of Alex Cross and throw out constant innuendo of him being a pill popping addict but with no real basis. John Malkovich couldn't even save this movie. And the scenes of him having seizures I would have thought it was something like palsy rather than a seizure. I was just waiting for there tonbe a pizza and him shaking parmesan. And there was a fly or something on the camera lens in the opening scenes for a few moments did anyone notice that dark spot that looked absolutely out of place? They didn't bother to retake those cuts? It would have been a whole 10 minutes to redo that shot. This movie is a literal murdered chop job of silence of the lambs but John Malkovich can teleport his conciousness into other people simply by sketching their faces and using that as his gateway into their vessels. Insane. The Melissa Roxburgh shoots a drug fueled hobo who attacked her and he leaps off a third story building. What!?¿?¿ The hobo is also totally randomly introduced with no basis. The ideas behind the serial killer who copycats himself by teleporting his mind into other at the end is so laugh out loud outrageous. Was this movie a comedy or a tragedy? They could have picked a bum off the street to get a better performance over Martin Lawrence in this. John Malkovich should be ashamed of himself. Movies the likes of Hobo With A Shotgun and Toxic Avenger series gave better performances and better entertainment. I am depressed knowing I lost 1 1/2 hours a f my life to this.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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san s

recommend! it's a mystery thriller with a little twist at the end. I like Mr night shyamalan movie and this has some kind of twist and feeling like it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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ichi n

I liked it! I simply enjoyed the mystery throughout the movie. The art in this movie was great. I have to say that the art direction was very nice. I was amazed by the twists towards the end. John Malkovich and Melissa Roxburgh did a great job.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Erica G

Bad casting...poor acting, not even Jhon Malkovich could save it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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Mauro Borrelli

Director

Martin Lawrence

Jake Doyle

Melissa Roxburgh

Mary Kelly

John Malkovich

The Artist

Robert Knepper

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Jacob Grodnik

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The actors all ham it up to a degree suited to a project so flat, cheap and derivative, which helps keep “Mindcage” at least watchable, if never exceptional.

Dec 16, 2022

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Brent Simon

AV Club

Malkovich and Martin Lawrence aren't enough to elevate director Mauro Borrelli's throwback to 1990s serial killer films.

Rated: D

Dec 16, 2022

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Pablo O. Scholz

Clarín

The psychological thriller has its rules and twists, but Mindcage does not provide anything at all to encourage a watch. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 1/4

Jan 29, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Forgettable thriller.

Rated: C

Dec 24, 2022

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

It's a familiar premise, but it ultimately takes a very different and far less entertaining turn.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 21, 2022

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

We can admire and enjoy the fact that Mindcage winds up doing things we don’t anticipate, but the film might have been better served if it got more outrageous a little earlier.

Rated: B

Dec 19, 2022

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Synopsis

In this spellbinding thriller, detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh) seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.

Director: Mauro Borrelli
Producer: Martin Lawrence, Stacy Lyles, Robert Lawrence, Matthew Helderman, Tyler Gould, Luke Dylan Taylor, Neb Chupin, Kent Adams, Carrie Adams, Kim Henderson, Jeff Holland
Screenwriter: Reggie Keyohara III
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Metrol Technology, Daniel Grodnik Productions, Boomtown Media, Buffalo 8 Productions, BondIt Media Capital, Head Gear Films
Rating: R (Some Violent Content|Sexual Material)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 16, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2022
Runtime: 1h 36m

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