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Release Date: 02 September, 2003 Retail Price: $14.94 OUR Price: $10.99 You SAVE: $3.95! Cast: Complete Cast (13 total) |
Identity Reviews
A VERY CLEVER AND DARK THRILLER
There have many excellent reviews of this movie, therefore, I would only be going over what so many have already written about this wonderful film. What I will say, however, is that this is an excellent movie. This film is a great study in psychological suspense that keeps the viewer guessing as to who the killer is. Spoiler: When the 10 travelers converging at a motel on a rainy night begin to die one by one, and all in a mysterious, and supernatural type way, you begin to wonder if this is some kind of ghost story. On the contrary, we are all in the mind of a serial killer,[Pruitt Taylor Vince] and his split personalities are beginning to merge. The only way for him to succeed in becoming whole again is to discard the make-believe world that his mind has created. Therefore, we witness the killings that are perplexing, and yet real to the mind of this killer. John Cusack gives a good performance as the limo-driver, as does Ray Liotta as the policeman/escaped convict, and of course the role of the psychiatrist [Alfred Molina] trying to prevent the scheduled execution of the aforementioned serial killer, does an excellent acting performance as well. I highly recommend this movie. It is definetly different than many, if not most of the thrillers on the market today.
Very taught, very intriguing
My wife and I saw this movie on its opening weekend and both of us were blown away by the storyline and the acting. We've been Cusak fans for quite awhile (me since "Say Anything") and I have always loved Ray Liotta.
The whole movie had this eerie, creepy feeling about it. The story does hold it's own, though it does "borrow" from two masters of mystery; Ms Agatha Christie and Sir Alfred Hitchcock. Once the "twist" comes in, even my wife (who figured out the ending to "American Haunting", "Silent Hill", "The Others") said "OH MY!" and we both bought the movie a couple days after it came out on DVD.
The reason for the 4 star rating was that the "Extended Alternative Ending" added about 3 seconds-if that-to the trip in the van.
SPOILER: I didn't really understand the basis behind most of the victims relation to each other, mainly the birthdates and the states their last names represented; but after watching it a couple times, it dawned on me. What easier way to make up identities for multiple personalities than to have similar dates of birth or names one can recognize (names of states).
I do appreciate Cusak's roles nowadays, but I think he's being too typecast as a romcom star. Come over to Drama, Jon! It's a lot easier to win an Oscar or Golden Globe when you star next to Newman, Hanks, and are directed by Spielberg and Howard.
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