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Overview

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5.3/10   13,479 votes
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Director:
Rob Cohen
Writer (WGA):
John Pogue (written by)
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Release Date:
31 March 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
A secret society so powerful, it can give you everything you desire... at a price. more
Plot:
Luke McNamara, a college senior from a working class background joins a secret elitist college fraternity organization called "The Skulls"... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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(16 articles)
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User Comments:
Good potential smothered in bad script... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joshua Jackson ... Lucas "Luke" McNamara

Paul Walker ... Caleb Mandrake

Hill Harper ... Will Beckford

Leslie Bibb ... Chloe Whitfield

Christopher McDonald ... Martin Lombard

Steve Harris ... Detective Sparrow

William Petersen ... Ames Levritt

Craig T. Nelson ... Litten Mandrake
David Asman ... Jason Pitcairn

Scott Gibson ... Travis Wheeler
Nigel Bennett ... Dr. Rupert Whitney

Andrew Kraulis ... McBride
Derek Aasland ... Sullivan
Jennifer Melino ... J.J.

Noah Danby ... Hugh Mauberson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le clan des Skulls (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and brief sexuality.
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Company:
Cranium Films more

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Trivia:
When the Skulls members are heading out to the island, the castle in the background is Singer Castle on Dark Island. The island that the Skull and Bone Society owns is called Deer Island. Both islands are in the Thousand Island of the St. Lawrence River. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Judge Mandrake asks the Senator if they should vote again, his lips don't move. more
Quotes:
Judge Litten Mandrake: Our membership has its pleasure, its hardship, and sometimes its pain. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Choses secrètes (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Higher more

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Good potential smothered in bad script..., 24 March 2009
5/10
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

THE SKULLS deals with an interesting subject but never overcomes a murky script that seems to go nowhere until the final sequences.

Two young freshmen are at the centerpiece of the story about a mysterious organization called "The Skulls" that seems to offer rich rewards for joining a secret society. JOSHUA JACKSON and PAUL WALKER are the two young men and CRAIG T. NELSON is Walker's father who wants his wealthy son to make it into the society.

The acting is decent enough, especially by Jackson, and Craig T. Nelson is earnest as the overbearing father but the murky plot is a stumbling block all the way through. The sets are handsomely designed and the technical credits are fine but none of the characters are particularly interesting and the viewer becomes uninvolved in a story that lacks sufficient tension to pull the whole thing together.

Good try, but having a relatively unknown cast filling all of the roles doesn't help much. As a suspense thriller, could have been so much tighter, so much better.

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