Leaves you dissatisfied and cheated

Rating: 7/10 (30 April 2003)

When I first read about "Identity" on IMDB, and watched the trailer in theatre, I thought it might be a really good movie. The synopsis made me remember the 60's Bollywood movie "Gumnaam". "Gumnaam" had same plot of 10 people being stranded in Island, and getting killed one after another. It was a real good movie with some excellent music by Shankar Jaikishan
So the synopsis of "Identity" felt more like a "remake" of "Gumnaam". I was thrilled by the thought of seeing a good suspense movie after a long time. And true, the first hour of movie is worth watching for the goosepimples and chills it gives time to time. However, when the curtain is lifted from the suspense, you feel very cheated and angry.
I think Hollywood is churning a seris of psycho-supernatural thrillers . "Sixth Sense" started a trend. Then came "Unbreakable", "The Others", "Vanilla Sky", "Minority Report", "Beautiful Mind" - to name a few. "Identity" is a movie that tries to fit itself in this category, but fails miserably. I should have given 6.5/10 rating, but no decimals allowed.