Rating of
2.5/4
"Unknown" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 12/27/11
A scientist visiting Berlin is involved in a road accident leaving him in a coma, but when he awakes he finds that another man has taken his place and even his wife seems not to know him. Those expecting Taken 2 will be rather disappointed by Unknown, as instead of the indestructible hard ass Neeson of that film he's the hapless victim of a seemingly elaborate conspiracy to rob him of his identity, although he's as believable in this role as he was as the O'Terminator before it. The plot is a little Xbox, but it's done with efficiency and is essentially the Bourne Identity if Jase didn't have super powers. It reminded me of the old Polanski pot boiler Frantic with a Schwarzenegger twist, and it involves all the usual ingredients of this kind of thing down to the obligatory rave scene. It's one of those films that without the star turn at the centre could've been extremely forgettable, but thanks to Neeson it maintains the interest well and although hardly Earth shattering, is an entertaining little conspiracy thriller that does the job.
