Identity (2003)

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I've always been on the fence about this movie. It has some great scares and some really fun gore effects. I've just never been a fan of the "it's all a bad dream" twist ending. This film is hardly that. It's very enjoyable and has a great ensemble that drives the drama, never a dull moment. So I gave it a second viewing...I think the fence is gone.

Well one thing I don't like is the opening credits, it gives way too much info and takes away from the surprise towards the end...and they're way too long. I swear ever since Seven everyone wants these mini movies to open their movie, it's kind of boring. So, I found one thing I didn't like in the second viewing.

After the credits, we find out a mass murderer who is set to be executed in the morning is being transported to see the judge for one last crack to prove insanity. Judge Taylor (Holmes Osborne) whom originally tried the case is none to happy to be up at 3 a.m. in the morning discussing someone he thinks deserves the chair. At that very moment a very thunderous and wet storm strikes.

We meet Ed (John Cusack), a limo driver and his passenger, a has-been actress Caroline Suzanne (Rebecca DeMornay) who are driving a very dark and seemly empty road when the storm strikes. We hear Ms. Suzanne bicker on her phone for a bit and we switch to another group of travelers on the same road as the storm hits, a family of three.
Dad: George York (John C. McGinley), Mom: Alice York (Leila Kenzle), and Son: Timmy York (Bret Loehr). The Yorks have a flat tire that Dad is trying to fix, unfortunately Ed in the limo runs down Mom in road. They all rush in the limo to the nearest phone for medical help which of course is at a creepy hotel. A creepy hotel with a creepy owner Larry (John Hawkes). Ed shows himself as a leader very quickly and finds when there are no phone options he must get back in the limo and head in any direction until he finds help. Which brings us three more strangers...Paris ...

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