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Advantages: good cast
Disadvantages: bad script

"You know that saying that you can't smell vodka, well it's not true!" Ok, so I know it was meant to be cheesy and the critics slated it, but I also knew it had Keanu Reeves and Hugh Laurie, and guess what, Keanu and Hugh won out! So take the talented cast comprising of the hughely successful Keanu Reeves, the fabulous Hugh Laurie (I'm biased - I worship him as House!), Forest Whitaker, add in a whole host of other instantly familiar actors such ...
...Corbett, the list goes on. There were barely two or three actors in this film I didn't recognise, better still, most of them I liked from their other roles. Sounds good right? Wrong! Give this great cast a whole host of cliched lines, a script that has been regurgitated from every cop movie ever made, and you end up with a movie that seems to be lacking of even one original thought. The Synopsis Keanu Reeves is veteran LAPD cop Tom Ludlow who ... Read review

Advantages: Watchable, scary in places
Disadvantages: Lacks originality, generally left me unimpressed

Bickering couple David and Amy's relationship is further tested when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Deciding to leave their car and try and find help, although it is the middle of the night, they come across a motel and, once ascertaining that they won't get any help until daylight (doh!), they decide to spend the night in the motel. Despite the motel manager's assurances that there are no other guests in the motel, someone constantly ...
...that what they initially think is a film on their TV is actually a video of other guests being tortured and murdered. And if they don't get out, the same will happen to them. The only problem is, a number of masked weirdos don't want them to leave...Will they ever get out alive? Luke Wilson plays David Fox. I took an almost instant dislike to his character - and having seen and enjoyed Luke Wilson in other films, I am sure that it is the character ... Read review

Advantages: Scary at points
Disadvantages: Some silly annoyances - see within

...am reviewing the 2007 Horror/Thriller Vacancy starring Kate Beckinsdale and Luke Wilson. Plot Outline A couple who are left stranded in a deserted place after their car breaks down has to check into a dirty cheap motel for the night. The motel is disgusting and creepy. Amy and David Fox just want a good night's sleep as there both tired from travelling. But they don't sleep a wink after they discover the true goings on in this motel. On top ...
...sticks on to watch as he wants to chill out and relax - what he finds are video clips of people being murdered - like in horror movies or so he thinks until he sees something's familiar in the tapes. What he finds is that these murders are being recorded from the very room they were staying in. and that they were being watched as well from all angles of the room. The two know they must escape from this motel or else they would be the next victims ... Read review

Advantages: Genuilly scary and original
Disadvantages: not enough extras on the dvd

Having seen this advertised on the television prior to release, i thought it looked like a pointless, Hollywood thriller with no heart. How wrong I was. The cast is great. Luke Wilson is genuilly able to act and isnt just sponging off his brothers glory. Kate Beckinsdale continues to show why she is one of Hollywoods leading ladies and even the creepy motel owner gives some genuine scares! The film is about a couple who's relationship has decintigrated ...
...Beckinsdale) blames herself for his death. They are about to sign their divorce papers on the way back from Wilsons parents house, when he decides to take a short-cut. This is the beginning of the thrills. They end up havin to spend the night in a creepy motel and that's when it gets dangerous. The motel owner turns out to be taking part in 'snuff movies' i dont really know what they are, but it's still very interesting. I don't want to give any ... Read review

Advantages: Strong plot, Strong Actors
Disadvantages: Some parts of the film are confusing.

Identity is a psycological horror film that was released in 2003. It is directed by James Mangold who has also directed Walk The Line, Girl, Interrupted and 3:10 to Yuma, which have all received Oscar Nominations respectively. The cast features John Cusack, Amanda Peet and Ray Liotta among others. 'What if every choice we made had already been made for us? What if there really were no coincidences ni life and our destinies were already predetermined?' ...
...days' - Total Film Ten strangers with secrets are brought together in a savage rainstorm: A limo driver (John Cusack - Being John Malkovich), an 80's TV star, a cop (Ray Liotta - Goodfellas) who is transporting a killer, a call girl (Amanda Peet), a pair of newlyweds, and a family in crisis. They all take shelter at a desolate motel run by a nervious night manager. Relief in finding shelter is quickly replaced with fear as the ten travellers begin ... Read review