百年50部英文燒腦電影賞析:[19]Identity 致命ID

Malcolm Rivers(Pruitt Taylor Vince)awaits execution for several vicious murders that took place at a motel. His psychiatrist, Dr. Mallick, has discovered his journal that may explain why he committed the murders. With this late evidence brought forth, a new hearing takes place.

A group of 10 strangers find themselves stranded in the middle of a storm in a remote motel, run by Larry Washington. They are a limo driver, Ed Dakota(John Cusack); an 1980s movie star, Caroline Suzanne; a cop, Officer Rhodes(Ray Liotta), who is transporting a serial killer, Robert Maine; a prostitute, Paris Nevada(Amanda Peet); a pair of newlyweds, Lou and Ginny Isiana; and a family in crisis, Alice York who has been hit by Ed's car and her husband and son George, and Timmy. The group prepares to spend the night; however, they quickly find that there is an unknown murderer present, killing off each of the guests. Caroline is the first to be killed. Ed thinks that Maine killed her and when they check the convict, they discover he has escaped.

All the others become worried, and Ginny runs to her room. Her husband Lou chases after her but is also murdered. Ed and Rhodes find the con, knock him out, and put Larry on duty guarding him. However, he is later found dead. Paris discovers a dead body in Larry's freezer. Larry attempts to escape in his truck, claiming he did not kill anybody. He then accidentally runs over George, killing him. Each body is accompanied by a room key, which appear to represent a countdown. The survivors tie Larry up, and as he tells them his story the others start to believe that he really did not kill anyone. Ginny and Timmy both die when their car blows up, but their bodies are nowhere to be seen. The remaining four discover that all the bodies have disappeared and that all 10 share the same birthday, and have surnames the same as US states. Paris also discovers that Rhodes is a convict as well, having killed the corrections officer transporting him and Maine across state and assumed his identity as a police officer. Rhodes attempts to kill her, but she is saved by Larry, who in turn is shot dead by Rhodes.

Back at the hearing, the contents of Malcolm's journal are revealed, indicating the prisoner suffers from an extreme case of dissociative identity disorder, harboring 10 distinct personalities. Mallick is able to bring forth one of Malcolm's personalities, Ed, revealing that the events at the motel are occurring inside Malcolm's mind, each personality represented by one person at the motel. Mallick explains to that the events at the motel are a result of treatment Malcolm is receiving——i.e. the killings at the motel being Malcolm's mind's attempt to eliminate nine excess personalities. Mallick further gives “Ed” the mission of making sure that the hostile personality(i.e. the one responsible for Malcolm committing the crimes for which he is being tried)be eliminated to prevent Malcolm from being executed. In the motel setting, Ed believes that Rhodes is the murderer, and sacrifices himself to kill Rhodes, leaving only Paris alive. When Mallick demonstrates that the homicidal personality is dead, the Judge decides to place Malcolm in a mental institution under Mallick's care.

As Malcolm is driven along with Mallick to the institution, in Malcolm's mind, Paris has driven away from the motel to her hometown, Frostproof, Florida. As she tends an orange grove, she discovers the Room 1 motel key, and finds Timmy behind her. Timmy, the true homicidal personality, had orchestrated all the deaths at the motel, and made it appear that he had been killed as well; he finishes his task by killing Paris. Now driven only by Timmy, Malcolm strangles Mallick, and the van runs off the side of the road.

馬爾科姆·里夫斯(普路特·泰勒·文斯飾)因為數(shù)起發(fā)生在汽車旅店的兇殘謀殺案而正等著執(zhí)行死刑。他的心理醫(yī)生馬利克博士發(fā)現(xiàn)了他的日記，這本日記也許可以解釋為什么他實施了謀殺行為。因為這一新證據(jù)的發(fā)現(xiàn)，又舉行了一的聽證會。

10個陌生人因一場暴風雨被困在拉里·華盛頓開的一家偏僻的汽車旅館。其中包括：豪華轎車司機愛德華·達科特(約翰·庫薩克飾);20世紀80年代的電影明星卡羅琳·蘇珊娜;正押送連環(huán)殺手羅伯特·梅因的警官羅德斯(雷·利奧塔飾);妓女帕瑞斯·內(nèi)華達(阿曼達·皮特飾);新婚夫婦路威與基尼·伊斯安娜;正處于危機中的一家人：被愛德華的車撞了的艾麗絲·約克與她的丈夫和兒子喬治與蒂米。這人想在這里過一晚，但很快發(fā)現(xiàn)有一個潛伏的殺手正在謀殺每一個客人?？_琳是第一個被殺的。愛德華認為梅因殺了她。當他們檢查這個嫌疑犯時，發(fā)現(xiàn)他已經(jīng)跑了。

所有人都開始擔心?；崤芑厮姆块g。他的丈夫路威跟了過去，但也被殺了。愛德華與羅德斯發(fā)現(xiàn)了罪犯，并打倒了他，他們讓拉里負責看守他。然而過了一會兒就發(fā)現(xiàn)他死了。帕瑞斯在拉里的冰箱中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一具尸體。拉里試圖駕駛他的卡車逃脫，并聲稱自己沒有殺任何人。這時他意外地撞死了喬治。每個人都有一把房間鑰匙，它似乎代表的是倒計時。幸存者們把拉里綁了起來，拉里把自己的遭遇告訴了他們，他們開始相信拉里確實沒有殺任何人?；崤c蒂米在他們的車中被炸死了，但他們的尸體沒有被找到。剩下的四個人發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的尸體都消失了，而且十個人都是同一天生日，甚至發(fā)現(xiàn)名字中都有某個州的名字。帕瑞斯發(fā)現(xiàn)羅德斯也是一個罪犯。他殺了真正要跨州押運他們的警官，并使用他的ID假扮作警官。羅德斯試圖殺死她，但她被拉里救了，而拉里則被羅德斯射殺了。

回到聽證會現(xiàn)場，馬爾科姆日記的內(nèi)容顯示，他患有嚴重的分離性身份認知障礙，他體內(nèi)隱藏著10個不同的人格。馬利克引出了馬爾科姆的人格之一，愛德華，這顯示在汽車旅店中發(fā)生的事件是發(fā)生在馬爾科姆的頭腦中。每一個人格代表著汽車旅店中的一個人。馬利克向愛德華解釋說，發(fā)生在汽車旅館中的事件是因為馬爾科姆正在接受的治療所致。例如，汽車旅店中的謀殺是因為馬爾科姆的思想試圖殺死其他九個多余人格。馬利克進一步向愛德華下達命令，讓他確保懷有敵意的人格已被消滅，以防止馬爾科姆被執(zhí)行死刑(例如，那個支配馬爾科姆犯下謀殺罪并被審判的人格)。在汽車旅館場景中，愛德華確信羅德斯是兇手，他以犧牲自己的方式殺死了羅德斯，只留下帕瑞斯活著。當馬利克表明殺人的人格已經(jīng)死了后，法官決定把馬爾科姆送入精神病院，并讓馬利克看護他。

馬爾科姆與馬利克駕車去精神病院時，在馬爾科姆的思想中，帕瑞斯已經(jīng)駕車從汽車旅店回到了她位于佛羅里達州福羅斯特普魯夫的家鄉(xiāng)。她在打理橘園時，發(fā)現(xiàn)了汽車旅館中1號房間的鑰匙，并發(fā)現(xiàn)蒂米就在她后面。蒂米是真正的殺手人格。他策劃了汽車旅店中所有死亡，并讓自己看起來像是被殺了。他最終殺死了帕瑞斯?，F(xiàn)在蒂米是唯一的人格了。他殺死了馬利克并駕著面包車沖出了公路。