An absolute great thriller!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2004)

What a great way to start off my first ever review. The movie has been out for a long time and I finally decided to rent it about 3-4 weeks ago and after watching it I said to myself "I should've seen this long time ago". The synopsis of the movie is one night when a thunderous storm occurs, 10 strangers meet each other in a small motel. A limo driver (Cusack), a cop (Liotta), a prostitute (Peet), a newlywed couple, a husband, wife and their son, an actress and prisoner who is with the policeman. And at the same time of the movie another convict who was found guilty on murder charges is in a meeting with district attorneys and a psychiatrist to talk about the execution tomorrow.
But what starts to get the viewers all pumped up and chilled is that one by one a person in the motel gets killed. The whole point is for the remaining people to try to find out the killer. John Cusack who is the main character of the movie plays his character perfectly and smartly gives his best performance to date, the same with Amanda Peet. Ray Liotta was an average performer in the movie and could've of done better. He wasn't as nasty as his character was to be assigned.
What I simply adored about the film was that it had me moving and my eyes wide open to all the twists, dialogue, actions, etc. that were going on during the movie. It had all different types of personalities you had to think about to try to guess about the murderer. I'll tell you, I guessed on 3 different characters and I was wrong. What the movie should've done to make it much better was by expanding on the idea. Make it a little longer so the person watching the film could keep thinking. But I'll I can say is the end is a very shocking and one hell of a twisting ending that I would've never suspected. I recommend you definitely check this out. 8.5/10