New Thriller Movie Has Roseville Connections

The new independent film “Profile Of A Killer,”  which is currently playing in two local theaters, has some Twin Cities connections you can see if you look closely. 

Held over for the second week at the Marcus Oakdale and Hastings theaters, "Profile of a Killer" includes some scenes shot in Roseville and St. Paul, according to Greg Reid, father of Jasmine Reid, producer of the psychological thriller.

Reid, of Roseville, said that the local scenes include footage from his home and garage and stretches along Highway 61.  He added the movie also includes local actors and film production workers. 

"It's kind of exciting," Reid about how the movie production touched the Roseville and St. Paul area. 

The film runs about an hour and a half; it was written and directed by Caspian Tredwell-Owen, whose other credits include  Beyond Borders (2003) and The Island (2005), according to Wikipedia. 

In a press release, the film's publicists said "Profile of a Killer" has been enjoying a wave of grass-roots support with audiences calling it  “thought provoking.” 

“I first conceived the movie in the wake of the shootings at Columbine”,  Tredwell-Owen said in a statement. “It was tragic but somehow it seemed like a harbinger as well”.

Tredwell-Owen said he cast his antagonist as a 15-year-old boy named ‘David’, who proves a cunning and resourceful adversary to both the police and his nemesis, FBI Profiler ‘Saul’. The movie explores David’s psyche and the forces that forged it.

“We live in a media-driven culture” said Tredwell-Owen, “where non-entity can become celebrity overnight, with no apparent effort or merit. David is simply struggling with the question of how to ‘be somebody’ in the 21st century. “More and more, we’re venturing to extremes to get attention in what is now, thanks to social media, a global forum. What worries me is - where will it end?”

For further details, visit the movie's Facebook page.