Release Date: 9/2/2003 Original Release: 2003 Format: DVD Length: 90 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: stong violence and language UPC: 043396005396 Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainm
IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, is a thriller set at an isolated motel in rural Nevada during an unrelenting rainstorm. With all roads washed out and all forms of communication dead, a group of people become stranded at the motel along with the shifty manager (John Hawkes). Among the stranded are Ed (John Cusack), a former cop turned limo driver; Caroline (Rebecca De Mornay), a self-absorbed actress; Paris (Amanda Peet), a prostitute attempting to escape her profession; Rhodes (Ray Liotta), a cop transporting a prisoner (Jake Busey); Lou (William Lee Scott) and Ginny (Clea DuVall), bickering newlyweds; and George (John McGinley) and Alice (Leila Kenzle), a married couple travelling with their young son. Soon the waterlogged lodgers start dying in mysterious--and brutal--ways, and the increasingly dwindling number of survivors must discover the killer to prevent their own demises.
Riveting from the opening sequence, Mangold's suspenseful murder mystery wastes no time in turning on the tension. Realizing that truly scary cinema comes from the unknown and the unexpected, Mangold and screenwriter Michael Cooney keep the audience--and the film's characters--in the dark and continually create situations that go from bad to worse for the luckless travelers. Cusack anchors the film as the resigned but noble former policeman, while Peet reveals a depth previously unseen in her other movies. Actors such as Liotta, McGinley, Hawkes, and De Mornay round out the fine ensemble cast. As with many thrillers, IDENTITY has a big twist, but because of the filmmakers' excellent slight of hand, it's unlikely viewers will predict the bizarre outcome.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Special Edition Full Frame - 1.33 Widescreen - 2.39 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - French Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes with Director's Commentary Audio Commentary: James Mangold - Director Featurette: STARZ Special: ON THE SET OF 'IDENTITY' Storyboard Comparisons Trailers: Theatrical Interactive Features: Scene Selection Interactive Menus Branched Version of Film with Alternative Ending and Additional Scene Text/Photo Galleries: Filmographies
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