MysteryThriller

Identity

- The secret lies within.

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

Release Date : 2003-04-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Konrad PicturesColumbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ed

Original Name : John Cusack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rhodes

Original Name : Ray Liotta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paris

Original Name : Amanda Peet

Gender : Female

Character Name : Larry

Original Name : John Hawkes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Malick

Original Name : Alfred Molina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ginny

Original Name : Clea DuVall

Gender : Female

Character Name : George York

Original Name : John C. McGinley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lou

Original Name : William Lee Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert Maine

Original Name : Jake Busey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Malcolm Rivers

Original Name : Pruitt Taylor Vince

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caroline Suzanne

Original Name : Rebecca De Mornay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Defense Lawyer

Original Name : Carmen Argenziano

Gender : Male

Character Name : District Attorney

Original Name : Marshall Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice York

Original Name : Leila Kenzle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Assistant District Attorney

Original Name : Matt Letscher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Timmy York

Original Name : Bret Loehr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richter Taylor

Original Name : Holmes Osborne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Varole

Original Name : Frederick Coffin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bailiff Jenkins

Original Name : Joe Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Naked Businessman

Original Name : Michael Hirsch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bailiff

Original Name : Terence Bernie Hines

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frozen Body

Original Name : Stuart M. Besser

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

His story's so unbelievable, I think it just might be true. Identity is directed by James Mangold and written by Michael Cooney. It stars John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amada Peet, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, Alfred Molina, John Hawkes, John C. McGinley, Jake Busey and Pruitt Taylor Vince. Music is by Alan Silvestri and cinematography by Phedon Papamichael Jr. Inspired by Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, Identity pitches 10 characters trapped at a motel who begin getting killed off one by one... If you are going to do yet another take on Christies superb literary source then at least bring some freshness, so how nice to find that Identity does in fact ironically have its own. Set up is suitably in keeping with murder mystery shenanigans, there’s major flooding and our host of characters are bound to a shabby motel run by a shabby John Hawkes. On the edges of the frame we have another story where multiple killer Malcolm Rivers (the wonderful wobbly eyed P.T. Vince) is under interrogation to test for insanity to stave off his impending execution. Mangold uses flashbacks to put the various characters at the motel, in how they came to be there. There’s a creative ambitiousness about how Mangold constructs the pic that draws you in, which come the finale will either have you satiated or stupefied. The murder sequences are very well put together, with a couple being well ghoulish, and it’s a very impressive cast of actors working their way through the formulaic but fascinatingly cheat free psychological murk. It’s not as smart as it thinks it is but this has enough of an absorbing pull, and no little intelligence, to lift it higher than many other Agatha 10 copies. 7/10

light_michael

@light_michael

2021-06-23

It's one of my favorites, I rate it four stars and a half.

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

2022-09-03

**Overall : One of the best plot twists I have ever seen!** Identity masterfully surprises and misleads every step of the way. What seems to be a run-of-the-mill slasher flick at a rundown motel on a stormy night is anything but average. With incredibly clever writing, Identity is a wild ride that will keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Even if you are a pro at guessing who the killer is or catching plot twists before they happen, you will be shocked again and again by the twists and turns Identity takes. While it isn't a perfect movie, its creativity and rare brilliance make Identity a must-see film.

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

2023-07-04

Awesome movie. One of my favorites. Very suspenseful. Keeps you interested till the end. The only thing that sucks is once you watch it once, it ruins to watch it again cause you know exactly what's going on. Worth a watch for sure.