Bait Motel

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2003)

Those involved in the making of this dark-and-stormy-night thriller, whether they were behind the cameras or in front of them, should not freely boast about their accomplishments. There's more to this one at the beginning, and less of it at the end. You'll agree after having to sit through it, become heavily interested in the story because you are hooked in understandably, and then decide your money could've been spent more wisely on the latest Rugrats cartoon. There is way too much rain and lightning going on here, and my patience quickly wore thin.
Eventually, though, you'll come to realize you could have made the entire film with complete strangers to both big and little 'screens', and saved a bundle on having to pay for the likes of Rebecca DeMornay, Jake Busey, Ray Liotta and, egads, the abyssmally talented John Cusack (I would've preferred to see his sister Joan do something much more interesting with this movie).
You'll also recognize second-raters like those supporting actors that appear on television's "Mad About You" and "Scrubs."
"Identity" has been compared to Agatha Christies seminal book/play "Ten Little Indians" (AKA "And Then There Were None"), yet I found myself hoping the ten characters in this 2003 update would hurry up and 'leave.'
Take some sound advice: stay home from this one.