Identity
Cast
John Cusack as Ed
Ray Liotta as Rhodes
Amanda Peet as Paris
Clea DuVall as Ginny
Rebecca De Mornay as Caroline Suzanne
John C. McGinley as George York
John Hawkes as Larry
William Lee Scott as Lou
Jake Busey as Robert Maine
Directed by
James Mangold
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Rater #2
8/10. In the beginning of Identity, a series of bizarre coincidences bring
ten strangers, including Ed (John Cusack), a limo driver for Caroline
Suzanne (Rebecca De Mornay), Det. Rhodes (Ray Liotta), transporting a
criminal, and George York (John C. McGinley), with his son Timothy
(Bret Loehr), and injured wife Alice (Leila Kenzle). As torrential
rain pours down in the middle of desert Nevada, people start dying in
weird ways, and everyone has to stay safe.
In the middle of the time of Darkness Falls and House of 1000
Corpses, here comes an intelligent, mostly original horror films that
tries to go back to the hey-day of Friday the 13th and the like. It
has some gruesome murders, some good scares, some cheap scares, good
acting, and a great ending.
The MPAA states that Identity is rated R for "strong violence and
language." The violence wasn't that strong, but some of the images
were horrific, such as the one in that shed (I won't say any more).
I'm glad that there's a horror movie that a) doesn't go for the
teenager, PG-13 crowd, or b) goes for the all-out gore. It was also
scary for a lot of the time, although it made me jump some times,
going for cheap scares. A lot of times, I thought there would be one
when there actually wasn't one.
Cusack was convincing as a limo driver, he's a good actor to begin
with, and here's just another one of his movies. Liotta, who usually
doesn't do much for me, was good, although he can't really sway from
being a cop. Amanda Peet, who played a hooker named Paris, put in
another outstanding acting job, proving her versatility. She can do
slapstick comedy (The Whole Nine Yards), drama (Igby Goes Down), and
now scary horror films. McGinley was had me believed that he was a
worrying husband, although I didn't recognize him. Maybe I have his
image from Office Space in my mind.
For some unknown reason, the ending of Identity reminded me of the
ending of Vanilla Sky. They both explained a lot at the end, although
in the latter, there were still questions, while here I understood
everything. I thought it made perfect sense, and the last scene is
priceless. It will keep you guessing, with different thoughts as you
go through it, and, I can assure you, none of them will be right.
Music makes or breaks a movie, and here, it makes. It adds complete
tension to many scenes, although it is basic and stereotypical horror
music. The characters were all weird, and comes from those characters
one of my favorite lines: "You aren't pregnant? Then why the hell did
we get married?" I really enjoyed Identity, it is a creepy and fun
ride that you probably won't forget for a while.
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Rated R for strong violence and language.
Running time: ? minutes
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