Movie review: 'Identity' is totally insane

One by one, they are all picked off like a gunman carefully taking his gloves off each finger.

Malcom Rivers Pulse

In short, we juggle the story of the group fighting for their lives at the motel and the psychic evaluation of Malcom Rivers in a ward.

The group consists ex-cop and limousine driver (John Cusack), a C-list actress diva, Officer Rhodes (the late Ray Liotta) who is transporting convicted murderer (Jake Busey), a prostitute (Amanda Peet), newlyweds (Clea DuVall) and (William Lee Scott ), and the York family, (John C. McGinley), wife and their nine-year-old son, Timmy (Bret Loehr).

John Cusack and Amanda Peet Pulse

In the opening scene, his psychiatrist, Dr. Malick (Alfred Molina) attempts to pull at the strings of Rivers' mind with equal parts stern and pleading with him to restore his sanity.

Directed by James Mangold (Wolverine, Logan, Ford Vs Ferrari) almost 10 years ago, 'Identity' is a classic psychological trip which leaves you in anticipation of who gives off killer instinct vibes and who will emerge to exonerate Rivers.

Ray Liotta, John Cusack and Amanda Peet discover a body in the laundry machine Pulse

Once a killer always a killer, and it turns out the best place to hide a guilty conscience is in an innocent face.

'The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep' like the Bible says and this is the last lesson Malick registers as Rivers chokes him in the back of a van enroute the mental institution.