A bad premise which undermines the whole film.

Rating: 3/10 (25 June 2003)

Spoiler Alert I went to see Identity without too many expectations - always the best way and it means you're less likely to be disappointed. I love a lot of Cusack's work, but this film is not one of his best. His acting is good, but the whole premise of the film was a) obvious, and b) unworkable in reality. Which personality was 'running' the man with the disorder when Cusack's 'Ed' wasn't? Why didn't this personality appear at the Diner when Ed was in control of the man? How did the final woman's personality write in a diary when all the man with the disorder did is daydream her life? Why didn't any of the personalities say 'hey, wait a minute, who the hell else has been writing in my diary?'? When a multiple personality isn't evident in the person with a disorder it is not anywhere else, but is suppressed and hidden. When a personality is in control it's not like daydreaming, its actions are the actions of the person with the disorder. Etc, etc. Why didn't the writers not include a picture of the man with the disorder at the beginning and then make the film appear to be present day, but in fact be a flashback to when the original murders took place? Okay, this would have been your traditional murder mystery, but at least it would have worked!