Finally, a third act with a clever twist

Rating: Null/10 (28 April 2003)

When I went to see Identity, I was less than optimistic. I figured, oh great another slasher film, but this time with star power. The film seemed to be on auto pilot for the first two acts. By random strange events, all connected, ten strangers meet at a run down motel, while outside a viscious storm rages causing phone lines to be shut down. Amongst the players we have a reformed hooker, a newly wed couple, the sleazy motel manager, a cop transporting a prisoner, a limo driver, a washed up hollywood star, and a family of three. One by one these people start dying. Naturally our killer is implemented, however as events unfold more and more people become suspect. Figuring I'd seen this movie about a 1000 times before, I guessed it was the person you least likely suspect, gets revealed as said killer in the final moments and life goes on and I wasted 9$. However as the third act unfolds the twist came, and I was beyond shocked, I felt had, and yet I also felt a stroke of genius on the film makers behalf, finally a nice third act, where instead of we wait for everyone to die so the movie can end, we are challenged to believe in a rare circumstance, which I will not reveal here. If you choose to believe in the twist, and not write it off to a cheap hack trick, then you will leave feeling challenged and refreshed, otherwise you'll feel cheated and leave the theatre completely dissapointed. 8/10