Monday, 17 December 2012
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Unknown Movie User Reviews
*I do not expect this movie to win any awards. However, this movie was very entertaining. It kept my attention from start to finish. The acting was good. The plot was interesting. There were several "twists" in the story that were interesting and understandable. It is my opinion that a few of the "action" scenes were exorbitant, but in 2011 it is probably expected by a majority of the audience. I recommend this film.
*Very entertaining movie. Lots of action but not overdone and good plot. I went in thinking the plot was going to be ridiculous but it wasn't, it was reasonable. Enjoyable actors to watch. Overall a fun time at a movie.
*I can see now that I will never be a professional movie reviewer. The pros have lost the simple pleasure of just being a spectator and taking the ride. I suppose the premise was a bit unbelievable but not beyond plausibility. The action was intense but largely within the bounds of Newtonian physics. Hero's hanging off helicopters by one pinky toe while curving bullets is a sure way to suspend my suspension of disbelief. I don't recall a single instance during Unknown that triggered my b.s. alarm. (And it has a hair trigger!) Like the cabbies bumper sticker says "get in, shut up, hang on... and enjoy the ride." I did and am grateful for the experience.
*I thought the twists we're good, and it was very suspenseful. I cant really see why the critics have given this movie such a bad rating, it makes absolutely no sense at all. Take a look at true grit...... it was incredibly boring, plot lacking, etc,etc. Critics gave that one an +80% rating, while this movie which kept me entertained, and actually did its job as a movie got atrocious reviews. I don't really see where Unknown failed, its plausibility of story line? Thats not what makes a great film.... Everything was very well put, and i had the same feeling i got from watching the Bourne series, which somehow also got bad reviews. Ive come to realize that if avatar can get a ridiculously high score, while having a recycled plot line, that the reviewing system is broken. Reviewers have lost touch in what makes movies very good. The true reviews come from the users which are the ones who actually experience the cinema unbiased. This movie gets a 9/10 from based on entrainment, suspense, twists, and action..... F movie critics.
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Unknown Movie Review
The story begins as Dr. Martin Harris (Neeson) and his wife ("Mad Men's" January Jones) have just arrived in Berlin and are preparing to check-in to their hotel when Martin realizes his briefcase has been left at the airport. He hails a taxi, which is obviously going to be driven by a drop dead gorgeous Bosnian illegal immigrant (played by Diane Kruger), but Martin never makes it to the airport.As luck would have it, a rogue refrigerator bounces on the highway causing the taxi to swerve and fly off a bridge and into the river where Martin is knocked unconscious. Four days later he wakes from his coma, and while he remembers his name, his wife doesn't remember him. It even turns out someone else is claiming to be Dr. Martin Harris. What the what?Bad guys pursue, Martin evades and in the process of getting to the bottom of the mystery, several city blocks and at least one Berlin hotel will be destroyed. It's just the way it goes when it comes to C-level thrillers that would best be left to DVD.Perhaps the most entertaining aspect of the film is the life Bruno Ganz (Downfall) brings to Ernst Jurgen, a former Stasi agent hired by Martin to help him get to the bottom of his identity crisis.
Ganz seems to realize he's in a bit of a ho-hum film and brings an air of playful realism to his character that's more than welcomed.Neeson, now 59-years-old, is also solid despite the material. This is a role he's proven he can wrap his stubby fingers around, but no matter the performance there are some things that just can't be improved on. Aside from plot-holes and general bad decision making, it's the fact we watch him tell everyone he's Martin Harris to no avail that the film grows increasingly tiresome. He has no identification, which is to say he's nothing more than a well-dressed bum and yet he seems to think just saying, "I'm Martin Harris!" is going to get him somewhere. This guy is a menace to society and the destruction he delivers proves it.
The first big action piece is a car chase through the streets of Berlin and it seems to never end. I don't how many times director Jaume Collet-Serra (Orphan) cuts to a shot of Neeson shifting gears, but he makes sure we see every shift, swerve and stomp on that gas pedal. Vroom, vroom, crash, "Watch out for that train!" Yeah, yeah, I've seen it all before. Got anything new? Not even John Ottman's score brought much tension to the metal crunching pursuit.I did, however, take one thing away from Unknown. This was yet another lesson in how lazy storytelling can give away a film's supposed twist long before it's ever revealed.You'll begin by asking yourself why no one remembers Martin Harris is who he says he is. You'll next be wondering why people are trying to kill him, and in-between these two questions you'll wonder where he gained the skill to expertly race around the streets of Berlin in one of the many Mercedes placed front and center. Can this be a plot hole or is it just an aspect of the film that pretty much gives away the next 50 or so minutes?I'll save the answer to that last question for you to figure out for yourself, but I will add that while I am being extremely negative toward this film, it isn't the worst I've seen all year. It's just that it's one of those movies you'd feel better about yourself if you rented it at home rather than paid top dollar to see it in the theater.
Unknown Movie Cast
Unknown is a 2011 British psychological thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
Liam Neeson as Dr. Martin Harris
Diane Kruger as Gina
January Jones as Elizabeth "Liz" Harris
Aidan Quinn as Martin B
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Frank Langella as Professor Rodney Cole
Bruno Ganz as Ernst Jürgen, a former Stasi operative
Sebastian Koch as Professor Bressler
Stipe Erceg as Jones
Rainer Bock as Herr Strauss
Mido Hamada as Prince Shada
Clint Dyer as Biko
Karl Markovics as Dr. Farge
Eva Löbau as Nurse Gretchen Erfurt
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