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Identity (2003)

Identity poster
Directed by
James Mangold
Genre
horror film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 4,422 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Ten strangers are trapped in a remote hotel during a storm and start dying one by one. A parallel story follows a murderer on trial for his life, and the two plots gradually reveal a strange connection.

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What happens

Identity is a 2003 American psychological thriller film directed by James Mangold, written by Michael Cooney, and starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta, and Amanda Peet with Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, and Rebecca De Mornay. Inspired by Agatha Christie's 1939 whodunit And Then There Were None, the film follows ten strangers in an isolated hotel, who are temporarily cut off from the rest of the world and mysteriously killed off one by one. Several events that take place in the hours before the characters' arrival are introduced at key moments in the film using reverse chronology structure and, in a parallel story, a murderer awaits a verdict at a crucial trial that will determine whether he will be executed for his crimes. Identity was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on April 25, 2003. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $90.3 million against a $28 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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