As I was walking up the stair
I saw a man who wasnt there
He wasnt there again today
I wish I wish he’d go away.....
Identity is one of those movies that are simultaneously a pleasure and a challenge for one to write a review. The pleasure is in the discovery of an unusual, profoundly surprising little thriller that exceeds any expectations; the challenge is in convincing readers to go see it without giving too much away....It’s sort of the reaction that should be provoked in critics - how can we get you to go see it, when all we really want to say is GO SEE IT.
PLOT:
A group of strangers-- including a troubled limo driver (John Cusack), a hooker (Amanda Peet), a twitchy cop (Ray Liotta) transporting a dangerous criminal (Jake Busey), and several others, stranded at a deserted fleabag motel during a huge rainstorm must work together in order to figure out why so many of them are meeting their gruesome deaths as the night progresses. Unclear about their increasingly bizarre circumstances, the gang begins to point fingers and wonder what’s what. We watch, point fingers and wonder ourselves. Oh, yes, and there’s also a simultaneous plotline involving a psychiatrist (Alfred Molina) and a prisoner (Pruitt Taylor Vince)...
Sounds like a usual murder mystery?? Not really!!!
Well we saw this movie in a group..few of them loved it...few thought it was ok and few didn’t like it..then there were few who thought they totally understood it...few who dint understand but refused to admit it..and few who didn’t know what the hell just happened !!!! Few did think that it had a senseless ending. But then they really were not attentive thro’out the movie and mayb they wanted the movie to end in the way they expected, well like most of the edge of the seat movies. But then this one simply doesn’t!!!
....because...it’s all in the mind!!!!!!
Director James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted) and screenwriter Michael Clooney have managed to keep all the film’s secrets till the right moment.
It was so well done that a friend of mine, master of figuring out movies, admitted that he could not outsmart this one. As a result, that guy hates this movie out of spite. But don’t let my friend deter you. This is the most fun I’ve had at a murder mystery since quite long time.
Anyway, I hope all of this is enough to encourage you to see Identity. It’s a real surprise, the kind of film that makes anyone who sees it feel instantly protective of its provocative twists. So, I’ll just close as I opened - Go See This Movie.