Identity (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 3, 2007
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Cusack, Amanda Peet & Ray Liotta | |
Performer: | John Hawkes, Rebecca De Mornay, Clea DuVall, William Lee Scott, John C. McGinley, Leila Kenzle, Bret Loehr, Jake Busey, Alfred Molina & Pruitt Taylor Vince | |
Directed by | James Mangold | |
Edited by | David Brenner | |
Screenwriting by | Michael Cooney | |
Composition by | Alan Silvestri | |
Produced by | Cathy Konrad | |
Director of Photography: | Phedon Papamichael | |
Executive Production by | Stuart M. Besser |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: A- --
With a top notch cast, wonderful direction, and a great play on an old premise, Identity is a must-see.
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FromTheBalcony
the central twist which unifies all the film's elements is so ingenious and unusual that recognising the killer ends up being just one small part of this film's multi-faceted identity.
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Daily Info
...John Cusack is convincing....With moments of mind-bending creepiness...
USA Today
Rating: 3.5/4 --
An ingenious thriller molded from Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None". The film's incredibly entertaining even with the measurably predictable twist.
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Cinema Sight
Rating: 2/5 --
A good cast is enacting this fancy rubbish; what drew them to the material besides its self-conscious cleverness is beyond me.
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eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 2/5 --
Mangold needs to feel he's wowing us instead of just entertaining us; amid the confusion, the really scary moments pass you by.
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F5 (Wichita, KS)
...A snappily executed little thriller...
Variety
Product Description:
IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, is a thriller set at an isolated motel in rural Nevada during an unrelenting rainstorm. With all roads washed out and all forms of communication dead, a group of people become stranded at the motel along with the shifty manager (John Hawkes). Among the stranded are Ed (John Cusack), a former cop turned limo driver; Caroline (Rebecca De Mornay), a self-absorbed actress; Paris (Amanda Peet), a prostitute attempting to escape her profession; Rhodes (Ray Liotta), a cop transporting a prisoner (Jake Busey); Lou (William Lee Scott) and Ginny (Clea DuVall), bickering newlyweds; and George (John McGinley) and Alice (Leila Kenzle), a married couple travelling with their young son. Soon the waterlogged lodgers start dying in mysterious--and brutal--ways, and the increasingly dwindling number of survivors must discover the killer to prevent their own demises.
Riveting from the opening sequence, Mangold's suspenseful murder mystery wastes no time in turning on the tension. Realizing that truly scary cinema comes from the unknown and the unexpected, Mangold and screenwriter Michael Cooney keep the audience--and the film's characters--in the dark and continually create situations that go from bad to worse for the luckless travelers. Cusack anchors the film as the resigned but noble former policeman, while Peet reveals a depth previously unseen in her other movies. Actors such as Liotta, McGinley, Hawkes, and De Mornay round out the fine ensemble cast. As with many thrillers, IDENTITY has a big twist, but because of the filmmakers' excellent slight of hand, it's unlikely viewers will predict the bizarre outcome.
Riveting from the opening sequence, Mangold's suspenseful murder mystery wastes no time in turning on the tension. Realizing that truly scary cinema comes from the unknown and the unexpected, Mangold and screenwriter Michael Cooney keep the audience--and the film's characters--in the dark and continually create situations that go from bad to worse for the luckless travelers. Cusack anchors the film as the resigned but noble former policeman, while Peet reveals a depth previously unseen in her other movies. Actors such as Liotta, McGinley, Hawkes, and De Mornay round out the fine ensemble cast. As with many thrillers, IDENTITY has a big twist, but because of the filmmakers' excellent slight of hand, it's unlikely viewers will predict the bizarre outcome.