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 (2)
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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 “hard-guy" Neeson is hitting people again. Although this isn’t as effective as Taken, it is still very, very entertaining. The main problem of Unknown is the fairly strange screenplay that wanted to surprise so much that toward the end I was gritting my teeth at just how artificial it was. But I liked it. Both Diane Kruger and January Jones are nice to look at, Neeson is right at home in this type of role and Bruno Ganz got to me the moment he opened the door. Otherwise, nice car chases, easy-to-follow action and the story... erm, unusual. A decent genre movie.
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The perfect film after coming back from Berlin. While the real Berlin is a city that takes one's breath away, in this film the area around the Brandenburg Gate serves primarily as the axis of the story. The fact that it's all built on Liam Neeson's acting confidence also doesn't hurt, of course. I'll also never despise Sebastian Koch.
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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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An accomplished thriller that seems to have arrived in 2011 from the seventies, when masterpieces like The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin and The Quiller Memorandum were being made. Everything seen (the strangely atmospheric, gloomy Berlin, the progressively gritty Neeson, the sympathetic Kruger, the charismatic Ganz, one of the best car chases in recent times) and heard (the good Ottman) was great. The final twist wasn't that much of a twist, but I can't complain. It's a shame that Unknown was unable to avoid a few horrible clichés in the finale. I still give it four stars. I had fun and I was tense.__P.S. I don't know what was supposed to be mysterious about the film.
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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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