Directed by:
Jaume Collet-SerraCinematography:
Flavio Martínez LabianoCast:
Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, Frank Langella, Sebastian Koch, Stipe Erceg, Rainer Bock, Mido Hamada, Karl Markovics (more)VOD (1)
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Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife (January Jones) suddenly doesn't recognize him and another man (Aidan Quinn) has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired, and on the run. Aided by an unlikely ally (Diane Kruger), Martin plunges headlong into a deadly mystery that will force him to question his sanity, his identity, and just how far he's willing to go to uncover the truth. (StudioCanal UK)
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Liam Neeson has transformed into a hero of action thrillers. The man whom most of us still see as the mentoring Qui-Gon Jinn has already delivered good performances in films such as "The Grey" or "Taken". His role in the movie "Unknown" is similar. He is not a kind person on the side of good, but rather a person who suddenly, out of nowhere, loses his identity. At one moment he is Martin Harris, who arrives at a conference in Berlin. In the next moment, he is in a taxi that plunges into a river. After four days, he wakes up from a coma, seeking his wife, but discovers that she is already with another Martin Harris. As Neeson has no documentation, he cannot prove who he really is. A suspenseful journey through the countryside begins, the search for identity and also the truth. Diane Kruger supports him excellently in this, and I have already forgiven her for "Troy". Together, they flee from place to place, wanting to gather as much information as possible, but there is little of it. In the end, they uncover the truth. There is one problem with films like "Unknown". The audience has high expectations. I think that the twist might bring mild disappointment, but that doesn't change the fact that you will simply enjoy the film with Liam. He is a likable guy, whether he plays a good guy or a reformed good guy. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/07/happy-feet-2-bobr-cislo-4-musketyri.html
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Many reviews here mention something about a (dumb) punchline suffering from lapses in logic. Quite on the contrary, I think that the story logically (whether or not clever, is a different matter) links and smooths out apparent over-complexity and lapses in logic with something that makes sense, but you must bear in mind that this is a genre movie not pretending to be anything more, so it would be naive to expect anything sophisticated à la Hitchcock. And it works fine, the same as the story in the last thirty minutes. When you add to this the uncompromising Neeson, the snowy atmosphere of Berlin and the great car chases, then... You simply have a quality genre movie.
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A step backwards from Orphan, though it looks very promising at the beginning. A Hitchcockican hero with the world turned against him wanders around in snowy Berlin, trying to figure out who he is. And when he does figure it out, everything goes to hell. A decent thriller, but it had a lot more potential.
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Amnesia, Berlin in winter, secret agents, car chases, a cold femme fatale, an Arab sheikh, a trustworthy and likeable woman taxi driver, a brilliant scientist, powerful people pulling the strings behind the scenes, hit men, an unexpected twist. And also a great cast. It’s all here, but only in a recycled and somewhat overdone form. In his previous Orphan, Jaume Collet-Serra managed to shake up some genre clichés, but that doesn’t happen here. The film’s only memorable scene is the chilling encounter between the excellent actors Bruno Ganz and Frank Langella.
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After reading the plot summary I made a bet with myself as to whether I would give 4 or 5 stars. Unfortunately, I lost in both cases and I'm still quite disappointed. The whole movie kind of unfolds without surprises with a lot of unnecessary car chases. Only the excellent ending is above average. Otherwise nothing new under the sun. A little better 3 stars.
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