I�ve been watching too many movies for my own sanity lately and have somehow, miraculously, managed to see 5 films at the flicks in 7 days. �The Matrix Reloaded� I have reviewed, though �Dumb & Dumberer,� �Anger Management� and �Basic� I ain�t.
I HAVE GOT TO �discuss� �Identity� however, as it is an absolute masterpiece of modern movie making � oh, and the voices are telling me to do so!
Directed by maverick James Mangold, its leading man is John Cusack, and he�s supported by the man with the ever-threatening presence � Ray Liotta.
�Identity� first and foremost totally messes with your mind, from the scene go! Inter-cutting minute flashbacks when introducing the prime characters, you don�t know whether or where exactly the story is coming or going.
To cut its awesomely suspenseful twists and terrifying turns short, a bunch of �random strangers� coincidentally shack up together at a remote motel in the middle of the Nevada desert as a storm rages all around and cuts them off from the outside world. And to make the tension yet more unbearable, Liotta is a cop who�s transferring a murderer who has just happened to escape, rampaging round the motel and killing those who cross him.
But not all is as it seems, as this dark gloom-mongering movie cleverly weaves in supernatural possibilities when subsequent deaths take place that are totally inexplicable � especially seen as the �murderer� himself somehow winds up with a baseball bat rammed down his throat to grotesque effect.
The movie initially sets out in a similar way to cult thriller �Red Rock West� (with John Cusack surreally reminding of Nicholas Cage in his sometimes worryingly laid-back reaction to certain situations), though ultimately movies like the awesome �Fight Club� rampage to mind if vague comparisons are to be made to any similarly stirring films. �Identity� also manages to bear something in common with that other Brad Pitt classic �Seven� don�t ya know� because it doesn�t stop raining once throughout!
Far from �Identity� being dull though, this is top-notch cinema with one massive, jaw-droppingly executed twist just waiting in the wings to shock the fuck outta y�all� Mark my words. You will be scared. (STEVE RUDD)
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