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Mindcage

  • 2022
  • R
  • 1h 36m
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4.6/10
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John Malkovich, Martin Lawrence, and Melissa Roxburgh in Mindcage (2022)
When a copycat strikes, two detectives ask a top serial killer for help.
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When a copycat serial killer strikes, two detectives ask a convicted felon for help.When a copycat serial killer strikes, two detectives ask a convicted felon for help.When a copycat serial killer strikes, two detectives ask a convicted felon for help.

  • Director
    • Mauro Borrelli
  • Writers
    • Mauro Borrelli
    • Reggie Keyohara III
  • Stars
    • Elisha Bascomb
    • Alba Borrelli
    • Nikola Chupin
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    4.6/10
    8.8K
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    • Director
      • Mauro Borrelli
    • Writers
      • Mauro Borrelli
      • Reggie Keyohara III
    • Stars
      • Elisha Bascomb
      • Alba Borrelli
      • Nikola Chupin
    • 148User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Elisha Bascomb
    • Radio Guy
    Alba Borrelli
    • Young Girl
    Nikola Chupin
    • Asian Boy
    • (as Nikola S. Chupin)
    Barry Clifton
    Barry Clifton
    • Guard #1
    Jacob Grodnik
    Jacob Grodnik
    • Dutch
    Neb Chupin
    Neb Chupin
    • Dr. Loesch
    Nahesi Crawford
    • Coroner
    Harold Dennis
    Harold Dennis
    • Deputy
    Aiden Turner
    Aiden Turner
    • Dale
    Billy Ray Estes
    Billy Ray Estes
    • Parish Priest
    Amy Eversole
    Amy Eversole
    • Latent Print Tech
    Katherine Forbes
    Katherine Forbes
    • Old Lady
    Victoria Fox
    • Assistant Print Tech
    Cassandra Gava
    Cassandra Gava
    • Voodoo Priestess
    Kent Harper
    Kent Harper
    • Anchorman Terry Bloom
    Dominic Hernandez
    Dominic Hernandez
    • Police Officer
    Candyce Hinkle
    Candyce Hinkle
    • Speaker
    Lizz Lane
    Lizz Lane
    • Brunette Woman
    • (as Elizabeth Jarnagin)
    • Director
      • Mauro Borrelli
    • Writers
      • Mauro Borrelli
      • Reggie Keyohara III
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    User reviews148

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    3scarlettjmolloy

    I wanted to like it

    Love the concept,love this genre. That's where it starts and well ends.

    We tried to watch it twice,it landed up being background noise and then we decided to find literally anything else to watch.

    This movie has A grade actors but thats all.

    The lead actress was not a great choice for this role.

    It's comes across as her reading her lines rather than becoming the character. She is like an amber Heard choice pretty face no depth.

    It was badly written I felt bad for the actors having to act out those lines.

    If they got better writers and a better leading lady it would be an awesome movie. Its meh.
    4dyerjeffrey

    SOTL Rip Off

    This is such a blatant rip off of silence of the lambs that it doesn't even try to hide it. They should've just name the two characters Clarice and Hannibal and got it over with. With that being said, it's not a terrible movie by any stretch but so many parallels to SOTL that's it's hard to ignore and enjoy.

    John Malkovitch is excellent as always, but I'm surprised that he took the role knowing about the rip off. In the movie they are chasing a copy cat killer which is interesting because this is a copy cat movie.

    They even trick the serial killer into leaving his cell so they can go in and investigate just like they did to Lecter in SOTL.
    3kimmieshanks

    Big Fumble

    Martin fan here. I'll also candidly admit, we watched to see if he could pull off a strictly serious role because we didn't remember any movie in which he previously did so... NOPE. It was just, strange. Not sure if it was the acting, script or chemistry or a combination but just.. NO. Secondly, there were so many scenes that just screamed careless. Driving while the car was obviously in park... ect. Did even they TRY? All in all, the had an interesting premise (albeit a ripoff in large chunks) that given to the right team could have been interesting. The twist at the end was cute. Husband fell asleep and I sat there.. SOUR.
    3imabariblaze

    What in the world did I watch?

    Much like this line at the beginning of the movie, "Just because he's a priest don't mean he can't lie Mary" and then nothing ever became of it, the rest of the movie was infuriatingly bad. Bad script, bad acting, actors I wanted so badly to do well as I admire them from other titles.

    I knew even from the first time that Jake and Mary drive together, and that fake as hand on the steering wheel and driving scene, that this movie was going to be bad. The doctor doing the autopsy who had no idea what to do with his hands - I'll hold them here so I look like a great actor, sheesh!

    Anyway, I'm not sure what else to say except for, don't bother watching it, I suffered for you so you don't have to lol. This hideous mashup copycat of well known titles is just dreadful.
    3maddy-982-627019

    How do they get away with this?!

    This is a rip off of 'The Silence of the Lambs', pure and simple.

    I have no idea how a film maker can be so blatant in stealing someone else's idea.

    The acting is good, even the script isn't bad, but at each turn the scenes lifted from Silence, music riffing off Red Dragon and Hannibal, are actually grating.

    I've seen worse films, and yet very few more difficult to watch because it feels like the audience is participating in this theft of another's work. It's a shame, because had the writer chosen to come up with ideas of their own to move the plot along, it might have been a half decent thriller.

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    • Trivia
      Director Mauro Borrelli was initially surprised that a producer suggested that he cast Martin Lawrence, a comedian, in this movie. However, when Borrelli met Lawrence, he liked the sound of Lawrence's voice and because of Lawrence's stand-up background and ability to remember two hours worth of comic material, Borrelli believed that Lawrence would be easy to work with.
    • Goofs
      The photo of Mary Kelly's father at his funeral was captioned "Elias Kelly". Mary Kelly's maiden name was Allen, as seen earlier on her marriage certificate, married to Dale Kelly, so obviously her dad would have been Elias Allen.

      His name is very not important to the story. Neither helpful nor interesting.

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jaula mental
    • Filming locations
      • Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA(Mindcage - Wikipedia)
    • Production companies
      • Boomtown Media Partners
      • BondIt Media Capital
      • Daniel Grodnik Productions
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $459,522
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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