Fresh
May eventually surrender to convention and implausibility in equal measure, but until then, Collet-Serra grounds the conspiracy with a proper sense of mystery and mood.
William Goss, Film.com
Unknown
Take Back Your Life
2011 · 1h 53m · PG-13
Action, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Jaume Collet-Serra
Overview
A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
Director and cast
- Jaume Collet-Serra Director
- Liam Neeson as Dr. Martin Harris
- Diane Kruger as Gina
- January Jones as Elizabeth Harris
- Aidan Quinn as Martin B.
- Bruno Ganz as Ernst Jürgen
- Frank Langella as Rodney Cole
- Sebastian Koch as Professor Leo Bressler
- Olivier Schneider as Smith
- Stipe Erceg as Jones
- Rainer Bock as Herr Strauss
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The movie rather crumbles when it eventually has to deliver its secrets.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
For about an hour or so, "Unknown" is intriguing.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
Neeson's comforting intelligence (and a marvelous turn by Bruno Ganz as an ailing former member of the East German secret police), are not enough to prevent the film from choking on obviousness and directorial fumbling.
Jeannette Catsoulis, NPR
Fresh
Unknown" obviously knows its limitations, and it doesn't bother to rise above them. It just keeps throwing the punches the audience wants and expects. It won't cure world hunger, but chances are it will sell a lot of popcorn.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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