Jack of all trades

National | James Mangold is a talented director seemingly at home in any genre. | Andrew Coffin

James Mangold is a talented director seemingly at home in any genre. His film debut was a quiet independent movie called Heavy, about a lonely, overweight man played by Pruitt Taylor Vince. This he followed with the police drama Cop Land, then the mental-illness-themed Girl, Interrupted, which won co-star Angelina Jolie an Oscar. His last film was the preposterously plotted but truly delightful Kate & Leopold, a Meg Ryan romantic comedy vehicle that celebrated bygone qualities of chivalry, and, yes, even gentlemanly virtue.

Now comes Mr. Mangold's latest effort, the pseudo-horror film Identity (rated R for strong violence and bad language), which made its box-office debut at No. 1. The film expands his repertoire in yet another direction. Identity starts out reliably in the horror genre, but does so with a sort of carefree ferocity that makes the cliched set-up compelling.

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