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Identity
by Marybeth

Solid

*Sigh* the wonder to sit through a film that features frequent leading men John Cusack and Ray Liotta...but not quite worth the $8 I spent...or I should say my boyfriend spent on the ticket. "Identity" which came out this spring promised to be a climactic thriller with an eerie twist...well I got the twist alright. If the filmmakers were going for a shocker right outta left field to really stun audiences a la Blair Witch Project...well then they got what they asked for. Unfortunately,however they didn't get the satisfied audience part.
The setting is a stormy turned into flooded night in California (where else right?) The first family we meet is changing a tire on the shoulder of the highway in the middle of the downpour. BAM! A limosine carrying driver John Cusack and a prima donna starlet accidently hit the mother knocking her into a slight coma. First surprise..very unexpected and totally grabbed me! Excellent. John Cusack who seems to be more than just your average chauffeur, immediately takes control leading everyone to a cheap motel nearby. One by one,more people keep showing up at the hotel until the flood ceases. Joining the group are varied B actors including a call girl,the hotel manager,2 young newlyweds fresh back from Vegas,the family from the crash a stepfather comatose mother & young son of about 7,and Ray Liotta playing a police investigator transporting a rather ominous looking convict. Like Cusack's character,it is also evident that Ray Liotta is more than he appears to be. Then things st!
art to unravel. The first to go is the bitchy starlet (I think there was a nice satisfied sigh from the audience..we all knew she'd be the first). Suddenly,swimming down the highway rather than waiting to be killed is looking like a good idea to everyone. Who is the killer? Automatically we are led to believe it is the convict who has escaped from captivity...until of course he's the next victim to be slaughtered. One by one,everyone is killed...hit by a truck,shot,stabbed,decapitated,or blown up in a car. They begin to notice they all have the same birthday..May 10th. Maybe it's because we learn they are all separate identities of a mental patient on trial for murders that occurred years before on May 10th (OHHH!!! So THAT'S who that scary fat guy is being interviewed..we kept wondering why the heck they kept switching back to this guy!)

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