True Identity is my go-to movie for an entertaining escape from reality. All of the actors are good and play off one another very well. Maybe I'm more easily entertained than some people on IMDb but I liked this movie, a lot. My only regret is that I can't find it on DVD.
Lenny Henry plays Miles Pope, an aspiring Shakespearean actor with dreams of one day taking on the role of Othello. Instead, he gets roles that stereotype him as the neighborhood pimp or as a raisin. Not as in "A Raisin in the Sun" but as a raisin in a bowl of cereal. His luck, however, changes during a return flight from Florida when he discovers that the man seated next to him is none other than the famous and powerful producer, Leland Carver! Well, you can't be a struggling actor and let a golden opportunity like that pass you by, so Pope makes sure that Mr. Carver knows every detail about him: His name, his agent's name, his experience, training, where he lives, how to contact him... As bad luck would have it, that's when the pilot loses control of the plane and the passengers all believe they are about to die. With nothing to lose, that's also when Mr. Carver decides to get something off his chest and quietly divulges a deep, dark secret that wouldn't be safe for Pope to know if the plane weren't about to crash...If the plane weren't about to...If the plane...If...Oops...
