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Watch This Movie Online Now: Unknown
- IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401152/
- Rating: PG-13
- Director: Jaume Collet Serra
- Release Date: Febuary 2011
- Run Time: 113
- Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Tagline: Take back your life.
Writers: Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell
Review: Multiple people have compared this to Neesons 2008 release of Taken. Both have a similar concept, Liam goes on a fast paced journey to retrieve something special that has been taken from him. This time it is not his daughter, it is his mind. Unlike Taken, Unknown is more of a suspense mystery than an action flick. There are some chases and fight scenes, but that is not the main focus. The movies plot is focus and it is unique for it is unpredictable. We are confused like Neesons character and there are times we dont know if he will succeed. There are multiple twists and unlike most mystery thrillers, it took me more than half through the film to figure it all out.
In short, Unknown is a fairly decent mystery thriller. Good performances. Good story for a mystery. Good music. Good cinematography, I particularly like the whole gray, dreary atmosphere that reflects the films locations bleak weather. Good twists. Good suspense, the sound mixers mustve had a kick in adding emphasis on sound effects to startle the audience. The one thing I will note is that Liam Neeson is really showing his age. This is not necessarily a bad thing, on the contrary, it helps his character out. It gets tiresome that Hollywood always uses the generic 30 something year old actor with smashing abs who is tossed into a terrible situation. It is nice to see an aging actor play an upper middle aged man who has perhaps lost his mind while running away from people trying to kill him.
