Entertaining throughout

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2010)

The movie IDENTITY is simply entertaining throughout. Not once during my viewing did I think of fast-forwarding to the next scene or chapter. I actually replayed some scenes to try and solve the mystery, but I was unsuccessful.
To paraphrase another review, "There are many, many opportunities for you to name the bad guy, but you will probably be wrong." All of the actors did an excellent job of portraying their characters, even to the point of being annoying or irritating.
There are several clues that things aren't normal, bloodstains on one cop's back, the convict escaping the scene only to arrive again, but these clues don't give the answer to who is the bad guy. Ultimately, I'm not sure the conclusion really explained who the bad guy was, but not in the style of some cheap movie setting up a sequel. IDENTITY was final. It was simply an entertaining, attention-keeping movie.