Hair of the Bear vs Taking Lives
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Taking Lives). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 43m. Taking Lives is the older of the two (2004 against 2026). Both are thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Hair of the Bear | Taking Lives | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Thriller |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | D.J. Caruso |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Dano, Ethan Hawke, Justin Chatwin, Angelina Jolie |
Synopsis
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
Taking Lives
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
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