Rating of
2.5/4
It's not Taken but very close!
MovieAddict - wrote on 03/04/12
Unknown" begins with Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) and his much younger wife, Elizabeth (January Jones) landing in Berlin for a conference where Martin is scheduled to give a speech. They are about to check into their hotel when Martin realizes that he forgot his briefcase. He jumps into a cab without telling his wife. On the way back to the airport to retrieve his misplaced briefcase, his taxi crashes into the river and he is saved by the driver, Gina (Diane Kruger). He awakens from a 4 day coma and wonders why his wife is not there. He finds her at the hotel, but she says she doesn't know him and Martin has been replaced by another man (played by Aidan Quinn). Martin has no way to prove who he is while the imposter has all the correct paper work to prove that he is the real Dr. Harris.
Stranded in a foreign city with only his cab driver "remembering him", he sets out to discover why his past is so secretive and how come he only remembers portions of it. Martin finds himself working against all odds to figure out the mystery behind himself.
This is a good mystery and the way that the character Liam Neeson plays of trying to find out who he really is, has an interesting vibe to it that keeps you on the edge of your seat, wondering what's going to happen next. The car chase scenes and the violence in the movie is for the most part very believable.
