IMDB User Rating: 7.3/10 45,839 votes
Director:James Mangold
Release Date:25 April 2003 (USA)
Cast:John Cusack... Ed
Company:Columbia Pictures Corporation
Plot Summary:Strangers from all different walks of life: a limo driver escorting a movie star, parents with a young son, a cop transporting a convict, a prostitute, a young couple, and a motel manager are caught up in a nasty rainstorm, stuck at a motel in desolate Nevada. Soon they realize they may be at the motel for another reason when one by one, people start getting killed off. As tensions flare and fingers are pointed, they have to get to the bottom of why they're there. Meanwhile in an undisclosed location, a psychiatrist is trying to prove the innocence of a man accused of murder in an eleventh hour trial. How these two through-lines are related can only be found in Identity. Written by mystic80
Comment:On a dark and stormy night 11 strangers have to take refuge in an isolated motel when a rainstorm turns into a monsoon. One by one they begin to be killed...but by who and for what reason?The set-up is neat (if predictable) and there's a great opening showing how the actions of one of them (Amanda Peet) inadvertantly causes some serious damage for the others. There also is some great acting by Peet, John C. McGinley and Ray Liotta (who REALLY chews the scenery). There are also some moments that will make you jump and there are two neat twists at the end.The only bad things about this movie is some clumsy exposition (John Cusack tells his whole life story while photographing a corpse), some truly bad lines and a surprisingly lousy performance by Cusack. What's happened to him? He looks worn-out and haggard in this film.However, these are minor problems and the film is well worth seeing and keeps you guessing about what's going on till the last moment. Worth catching.
My Comment:I love this kinda movie like it is said above that it keeps you guessing about what's going on till the last moment. During the hours watching, we keep trying to figure out the truth. Before the finale we will often have couple of ideas of the truth all of which make sense. The best pleasure is the quick analysis according to the changes of situation of the last couple of minutes of the movie. I love this kind. We have many good movies of this kind. Hope you can share them with me, with us.
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