Product Details

• Actors: Val Kilmer, Izabella Miko
• Directors: Dennis Dimster
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: FIRST LOOK PICTURES
• DVD Release Date: February 23, 2010
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002ZMZB64
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,732 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

In this action-packed thriller set in Eastern Europe, an American physician working for Doctors Beyond Borders, Dr. Nicholas Pinter (Val Kilmer), is mistakenly identified as a secret agent by the Russian mob. After a violent pursuit by two mobsters, he escapes a close brush with death when he is rescued by the British Secret Service and the beautiful but mysterious Katrine (Izabella Miko).  Nicholas soon realizes that the deadly game has only begun as he and Katrine become tangled in a deadly web of lies and murder.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring Mistaken Identity Film, February 9, 2010

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Compay (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Double Identity (DVD)

Double Identity, also known as Fake Identity, is yet another dull addition to a string of straight to video movies by Val Kilmer. The film takes elements from North By Northwest, a mistaken identity film by Alfred Hitchcock. It's equal parts smooth British spies, expressionless Eastern Europeans, and cutthroat diamond merchants.

Val Kilmer is uninspiring as a hapless American doctor in Bulgaria that ultimately travels to Prague to evade his assailants. The movie's cover is misleading, as it portrays Kilmer as something of a spy or action hero. Helping him along the way is the lovely secret agent played by Polish actress Izabella Miko (Athena in Clash of the Titans).

The direction and cinematography are both decent, but the acting and writing both are sub-par. The film lacks an original story, and just isn't suspenseful. I wouldn't suggest even renting this movie, as it will only remind you of how hard Kilmer has fallen off since the 80's and 90's.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Simply Dreadful., March 6, 2010

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Proaudio55 "Joe" (Blaine, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Double Identity (DVD)

Think of this movie as 90 minutes of your life you'll never get back again. The whole movie is spun around a tale of mistaken identity. Val's character miraculously and seamlessly goes from being a family physician to a secret agent he has been mistaken for. Instantly Val knows how to disarm somebody with his bare hands, shoot a gun with perfect accuracy, and talk himself out of any situation.

In a nutshell: the script is dreadful, the plot is absurd, the budget is a shoestring, and the acting flounders. You'd be better off with a 007 movie.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid at all costs, June 13, 2010

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B. Gale (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Double Identity (DVD)

Where to start... The movie centers around a case of mistaken identity. A very out of shape (and quite possible intoxicated) Val Kilmer plays the lead, a doctor mistaken for a spy. Miraculously Kilmer somehow becomes Jason Borne in the process. There are double and triple agents involved, none of which are properly introduced. The viewer has no idea who is working for who (and not in a good way). The plot lacks any sense of direction and the acting is simply terrible. Set in 1992, all the characters use cell phones and drive cars from the mid 2000s. It is impossible to follow and the viewer has literally no idea what is happening throughout the movie. I wouldn't recommend this movie even out of a RedBox. Instead, save yourself a dollar and 90 minutes of your life.