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When a storm hits, flooding the surrounding roads, ten strangers find themselves stranded in an old motel: a family of three, an aging starlet and her limo driver, a pair of newlyweds, a cop transporting a convict, and a Vegas call girl. One by one, the travelers are killed—and the survivors, led by ex-cop-turned-limo-driver Ed (John Cusack) and the cop, Rhodes (Ray Liotta), gather together and try to capture the killer.

Meanwhile, in what initially feels like an unrelated plot line, convicted serial killer Malcolm Rivers (Pruitt Taylor Vince) is brought to a hearing on the night before his execution, and his doctor (Alfred Molina) attempts, one last time, to prove his insanity plea.

Identity is a psychological thriller that keeps viewers guessing right up until the very end. Unfortunately, it also kept me guessing afterwards. It’s not that the loose ends aren’t tied up in the end. They are. But there are just too many holes along the way to really make it work.

The filmmakers tried to create a story that was as brilliant and mind-boggling as Agatha Christie’s Ten Little Indians, but they fell short. Identity could have been an excellent film—in a Sixth Sense kind of way. Some of the pieces, in fact, fit together ingeniously. Others, however, didn’t fit at all—and unfortunately, I can’t explain how without giving away key parts of the story, so you’ll just have to trust me on this one.

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