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Review by The Scorecard Review

It’s your basic run-of-the-mill thriller with a good mystery brewing. SPOILER ALERT — there will be some things that are discussed in this review. Don’t worry, I do my best when it comes to spoilers so if you aren’t already out the door buying your ticket to Unknown you should be safe. Don’t trust other critics with spoilers though … ever.

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Review by Jacksonville

“Unknown” has amnesia antics and mistaken-identity capers, an innocent man on the run, a couple of car chases, a frosty blonde, chilly European settings, implacable assassins, cryptic codes, red herrings and even a ticking time bomb.

It’s the escapist equivalent of a paperback thriller that you devour on vacation and then promptly forget. And there’s nothing wrong with that, especially when it’s made with as much old-fashioned craftsmanship as is displayed here.

Review By Susan Granger

Following in the footsteps on “Taken,” Liam Neeson stars in this action-thriller as Dr. Martin Harris, a research scientist, first seen with his beautiful wife Elizabeth (January Jones) arriving in snowy Berlin, prepared to address a global conference on biotechnology. In the confusion of leaving the airport, the briefcase containing his passport and other credentials is left on the luggage cart. Just as he reaches his hotel, he realizes his loss and immediately tries to retrieve it but his taxi is involved in an accident and he’s rescued from the river by the taxi driver Gina (Diane Kruger), a spunky Bosnian immigrant. Having been in a coma for four days, Martin suffers bouts of amnesia, but he soon comes to realize he’s in a strange city and another man (Aiden Quinn) has assumed his identity, taking his place at his wife’s side.