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Identity(2003)

Posted on 5/30/23 at 10:14 am
Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 10:14 am
Bought on vudu to re watch Sunday evening. Lady friend was mad at the ending but I thought it was one of the best twists ever. I almost always figure things out mid way through the movie but this one got me.

I like the entire concept of who the characters are and why they are all there.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
65999 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 10:21 am to
this is where i thought "Lost" was going. All in the fat guy's head.
Posted by TIGERSTORM
parts unknown
Member since Feb 2009
4510 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 10:36 am to
I haven't seen it since it came out on video but I recall liking it. I feel like there was a time when they made a lot of movies like this. I'm not sure if it was the 6th Sense effect or what. Frailty was another one that comes to mind.
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
10627 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 10:42 am to
Great movie.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150758 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 11:51 am to
Fantastic movie, and VERY underrated. Mostly because a lot of people simply have never heard of it I don't think.

Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24573 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 1:47 pm to
This and Frequency came out close to the same time period, and both of these are absolute gems. I don't know why they always lump together in my head (they are different movies, but the feel of them seem similar? idk), but I can't hear or think of one without thinking about the other.



Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 5/30/23 at 2:07 pm to
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I don't know why they always lump together in my head

I also do this with Identity and Memento for some reason.

Agree that Identity was extremely underappreciated, and very well cast.
Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
7635 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 3:50 pm to
To be fair i kept googling vacancy and wondering why nothing looked familiar. Had to google " whores dont get a second chance"
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63329 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 6:43 pm to
Saw it at the theater but can't remember my exact thoughts on it. Must not have been too memorable. I do seem to remember, though, it being one of the first movies to have to deal with the proliferation of cell phones. (Something about the characters losing their signal/bars, maybe?)
This post was edited on 5/30/23 at 6:44 pm
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95741 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 6:50 pm to
quote:

Something about the characters losing their signal/bars, maybe


Yep.

One particularly stupid character ends up in trouble because she is chasing signal bars and not watching where she is going.


As far as the film itself goes, I think it had a great cast (John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Jake Busey, etc) and an interesting twist on the story formula it is using, which is an old Agatha Christie play.
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
19837 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 7:08 pm to
Whores dont get a 2nd chance


I was going through my 1st divorce at the time this came out so the ending really appealed to me lol
This post was edited on 5/30/23 at 7:09 pm
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
33881 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 7:12 pm to
Identity
Frailty
Basic
Gothika

for some reason my mind groups all of these together, going to have to do a rewatch soon
Posted by dbuchanon
Member since Nov 2014
19837 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 7:13 pm to
Frailty is very good.
Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
9205 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 7:09 am to
I rented this from Blockbuster LOL.

My neighbors came over and we were watching it when they got a call that they needed to go pick up their son from something, can't remember what. We were about halfway through the movie and we all tripping out by how things had gotten weird with the story.

We paused the movie so they could go get their kid. That gave me time to think about what was happening in the story, while not being "in" the story. The neighbors were back in about 15 minutes and by that time I had begun to formulate an idea of what I thought was going on.

When they got back I told them "I think I know what's happening, but I don't want to spoil it for y'all. They insisted I tell them what I was thinking, and talked me in to it. As I explained my theory (which was correct) their eyes got wider and wider. Then we finished the movie and sure as shite, I was right. We all enjoyed it and they got a good laugh out of how good the twist was.

Now I want to go back and watch it again.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24573 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 9:17 am to
quote:

Identity
Frailty
Basic
Gothika





Frailty is the best of the bunch. Paxton was something special in that one. I need to do a marathon with my son watching all of these. Stigmata and Stir of Echoes need to be in that marathon as well.
Posted by Northshore Aggie
Mandeville, LA
Member since Sep 2022
4703 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 9:22 am to
quote:

Identity
Frailty
Basic
Gothika

despite its many plotholes and inconsistencies, i absolutely love Basic and can watch it any time it's on.
Posted by schatman
Montana
Member since Nov 2018
2618 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 12:53 pm to
quote:

Stir of Echoes


The only movie in the last 30 years to legit scare the hell out of me. So much so, that I couldn't deal with the chick when she was on HOUSE or anything else she's starred in for years.
Posted by Corso
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2020
10701 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

Stir of Echoes


Very underrated
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95741 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 1:52 pm to
Based on a book by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the original story of I Am Legend, the original Night Stalker TV movie, and a number of classic Twilight Zone episodes including Nightmare at 20000 Feet and Little Girl Lost.



While they took some liberties with updating the film (original story was from the 50s), I loved the movie and thought it was going to be a big success. Then The Sixth Sense kicked the living shite out of it that summer.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
24573 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 4:57 pm to
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Based on a book by Richard Matheson



His early career books are some of the best of modern times. I highly recommmend reading his stuff to those who haven't yet.
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