Unknown

2011 Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Take Back Your Life

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.

Liam Neeson Diane Kruger January Jones Aidan Quinn Bruno Ganz Frank Langella Sebastian Koch Olivier Schneider Stipe Erceg Rainer Bock Mido Hamada Clint Dyer Karl Markovics Eva Löbau Helen Wiebensohn Adnan Maral Merle Wiebensohn Torsten Michaelis Rainer Sellien Petra Hartung Michael Baral Sanny van Heteren Marlon Putzke Herbert Olschok Karla Trippel Petra Schmidt-Schaller Annabelle Mandeng Janina Flieger Fritz Roth Show All…

Alternative Titles

Без име, Unknown Identity - Hol dir dein Leben zureuck, Sans identité, O agnostos, O agnwstos, 언노운, Sin identidad, Prenasledovaný, Unknown White Male

action mystery thriller

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Review by Steve G 🐝 4

The Box Office Bashing Season: 2003 to 2014
NEW RULE!
From now on, ANY film that features a character attempting to use their mobile phone and getting no service, especially when they're slap-bang in the middle of a large city, is immediately turned off.
FUCK OFF WITH THIS SHIT.
Review by <Todd> ★★★ 2

"there's not much in this world left to interest a spy like me." - A spy,
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Rarely do I wish that the action scenes would just end so that we could get back to the plot but I did it here.
Everyone look stop what you're doin' cuz I'm about to ruin the rhythm and the rhyme that you're used to... this film is awesome... it's like the da vinci code for botanists/biologists mixed with the Game and Taken. Mystery thrillers are kind of a dying breed so it's fun to see one every once…
Review by Connor Carey ★★★½ 4

Although you really have to suspend your disbelief in the final act and the twist is honestly really dumb and doesn't make much sense, Unknown is still a fun and entertaining thriller. Liam Neeson delivers a great lead performance as usual and the film is always engaging. The action sequences are also alot of fun to watch and the cinematography is pretty impressive. Definitely not a great film by any means and its far from Neeson's best but this is still a solid film from him.
Review by Dillon (007FilmReviwer) ★★★½ 2

B
"Do you know what it feels like to become insane, doctor? It's like a war between being told who you are and knowing who you are. Which do you think wins?"
Along the lengthy line of individual action thrillers and involving twists proving to be non-stop (no pun intended) entertainment throughout the entire duration, Unknown manages to serve as a solid entry into an enjoyably everlasting series and another well-constructed hit for Jaume Collet-Serra within time well spent. As always, Liam Neeson is at the top of his superb game and constantly creates engaging thrills around the attentive craft capturing one from the very beginning.
Review by Nicholas Faron ★★½

Liam Neeson could probably break my legs at age 68 and I still wouldn't be mad.
Review by Andy Summers ★★★ 2

Spanish director Jaume Collet-Serra jumped on the Liam Neeson comeback bandwagon back in 2011 when he cast him in this patchy thriller with a clever twist in the tale. Neeson's renaissance as an action star following his success in the Taken films had plenty of European directors lining up with projects for the then Quinquagenarian. Neeson's backed by some impressive names in this Berlin set mystery. January Jones, Diane Kruger, Aiden Quinn, and Bruno Ganz add more to proceedings than Oliver Butcher and Stephen Cornwell's clunky script, and although there's a decent premise at the heart of the film, it meanders along a little with Neeson's character somewhat annoying in his quest to unearth just who and what he is following a bout of amnesia. It's a generic action thriller that fell into a sea of mediocrity around the start of the decade, and this rewatch did nothing to suggest it wasn't a justifiable statement.
Review by Nick Atkinson ★★½

It spends a lot of time setting up for the twist, but when it actually comes around the film falls off a cliff.
Review by Dawson Joyce ★★★★

Although the last half-hour takes a wrong turn toward the realm of drivel, Unknown is an engaging and very well-directed thriller with a great lead performance from Liam Neeson, intense action scenes, and a strong supporting cast.
Review by pat. ★★½ 1

A really strong film to begin with, I got truly excited about the ending. But the last 30-45 minutes was abhorrent rubbish.
Review by Oneepiexe ★★★½ 2

Hach, was soll ich sagen? Ich liebe die Filme in denen Liam Neeson alles und jeden verprügelt einfach und so eben auch Unknown Identity.
Klar, auch dieser Film hier revolutionierte nicht das Genre, aber wenn man solch einen Film schaut, erwartetet man gute Action mit einer packenden Handlung und guten Schauspielern. Und genau das bekommt man hier auch geboten. Die Story hebt sich sogar ein wenig von anderen Action-Filmen ab, die Schauspieler machen ihre Sache echt gut (vor allem natürlich Liam Neeson! Ich liebe ihn in diesen Rollen) und die 113 Minuten Laufzeit vergehen wie im Flug.
Natürlich ist alles mit glücklichen Zufällen überhäuft und auch die Dialoge sind nicht immer das Gelbe vom Ei, jedoch reicht es für solch…
Review by Tom dePerto ★★ 3

Unfortunetely, Unknown is the type of movie that's exactly the opposite of a box of chocolates. You'll always know what you're gonna get...
Especially if you've seen the trailer. Damn marketing geniuses, man...
Review by Dead Man Angelo ★★★½ 5

Unkown is the first of the Neeson/Collet-Serra partnership and the one that leans most into being a Hitchcockian euro-thriller of the lot. Despite being incredibly predictable, the movie does a decent job of being fairly intriguing, it builds up a lot to Neeson eventually recalling his "particular set of skills" but since it's not really an action movie you might get a sense of blue balls when you realise it only becomes Neeson Season to beat up a pudgy Aiden Quinn at the end.
But still, it's fairly entertaining and the wintery Berlin setting adds a nice atmosphere that helps draw you in and adds a classy flair to what's ostensibly a fairly rote thriller (I think Juame Collet-Serra and…

Recent reviews

Review by rawan ✨ ★★★½

cab girl (diane kruger) was the protagonist don't @ me
Review by Ben_Martin ★★★

I don’t like rewatching films I use to love sometimes :(
Review by OGBowser ★★½

Erwartet habe ich einen Bad-Ass Liam Neeson Actionfilm. Bekommen habe ich... Naja immerhin Liam Neeson.
Review by Ish ★★★★★

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Review by rayhan ★★★

Unknown starts off strong and made me interested in the story, and stays at a steady pace for sometime. Then after a few scenes the story starts to drop off and loses that momentum. A decent plot twist and average action scenes, Unknown could have and should have been executed better.
Review by Ertugrul Okutan ★★★½

Güzel bir film.
IMDB : 6,9
Review by Isaac Ezban ★★★★

Desde que ves que el director decidió meter los logos con formato especial y dentro de la película ya sabes que será una gran película... #Unknown
Review by 637 ★½

Everything its ok if you can leave a bad blond for a good blond.
Review by Leonakpan ★★★

Super strong open but it slows down bad
Review by trublu215 ★★

Neeson is typically good but the script is too convoluted and incoherent.
Review by Mescal10 ★★★★

Cab girl was the hero of this film. Liked the misdirections and plot twists
Review by julia ★★★½

yay corn!!🌽🌽