A few too many face palms

Rating: 5/10 (14 July 2016)

Looking back on this ("Identity" is a movie that requires the dust to settle, first), I can respect the goal of this movie to move from whodunnit to mindscrew psycho thriller. And back when it first came out, I was a lot more engaged by the big reveal at the end than I am today. For a while, I wasn't sure if the problem was a bad script or just that it doesn't hold up on rewatch. It's the script.
It's got good ideas, they're just poorly executed. People die off in the most contrived ways (you know how it is: you may not have seen a death coming, but you feel cheated after it happens). And that big ending twist only really works if you're just passively watching. Any scrutiny is bound to leave you frustrated. This certainly isn't my favorite John Cusack movie, although he does carry it.
5/10