Extremely creepy entertainment...

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2003)

*There will be **SPOILERS** contained in this review*
IDENTITY has its share of mindless cliches and has borrowed from numerous 'body count' movies that have come before it. Agatha Christie's TEN LITTLE INDIANS is the film that comes to most people's minds.
First off, the cast is extremely well. There are great stars everywhere you look in this film. Second, the sound, script and all that other stuff is good as well.
Third...the end of the film has a twist that doesn't quite go with the rest of the film. The film started strong as standard horror that had its share of flaws, but other than that, the film was much, much better than most horror films that have come before it. There was a lot of blood, people were dying and I was loving it. I am proud to say that I was able to predict the 'identity' of the killer...sort of.
Y'see, there is a twist towards the end of the movie that made a lot of folks sitting in the theater with me go "WHAT?". Luckily, I apparently have a much higher IQ than those people so I was able to follow what was happening. I didn't like it too much. In the end, the whole thing works itself out, but the twist is one I didn't like.
A lot of the story is told in flashbacks. There are quite a few of those and I enjoyed them to a degree. That must be getting quite popular with horror writers nowadays because both RESIDENT EVIL and GHOST SHIP (two other great horror films) have story contained in flashback sequences. The ones in this film are quite important and they are extremely well done.
The film was great. It kept on going and going and going. It never stopped. A strait murder fest. Perfect. Brilliant. Genius. The deaths are wonderful and IDENTITY deserves a spot up on the shelf next to other great horror classics. I recommend FINAL DESTINATION, and I'm sure there's some other good ones out there.
IDENTITY: 4/5.