Take back your life.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, Frank Langella, Sebastian Koch |
| Director |
Jaume Collet-Serra |
| Screenplay | Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cromwell, from the novel by Didier van Cauwelaert |
| Music | John Ottman, Alexander Rudd |
| Cinematography | Flavio Martinez Labiano |
| Editing | Timothy alverson |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2011 |
| Produced by | Davis-Films, Dark Castle Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg, Studio Canal |
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| Genre | Action, thriller |
| Language | Some, mild |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild |
| Violence | Moderate |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Infrequent profanities |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Wesley Morris  An unknown entity in his own life | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Neeson moet bontstaan in 'Unknown' | 10 | |
| Cape Times Christy Lemire Amnesie, explosions... a chilly thriller | 10 | |
| iAfrica.com Candace Whitehead | 5 |  |
| 24.com Ilan Preskovsky | 15 |  |
| Box Office Amy Nicholson Jaume Collet-Serra's tidy, moody thriller ticks along at a fast pace — like the Autobahn, it's pure Teutonic efficiency. | 13 |  |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Unknown isn't a really bad movie, just an absurd one. | 10 | |
| eye Weekly Adam Nayman That the script's underlying theme of identity crisis goes underdeveloped in favour of some truly ridiculous plot developments scarcely matters in light of such confident filmmaking. | 15 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli Yes, Unknown is preposterous. That in and of itself is not a reason to avoid the movie. The problems lie in the way the absurdity is presented and the manner in which the screenplay resolves once the ''truth'' is revealed. | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Ignore the pileup of implausibilities and Unknown becomes a diabolically entertaining con game. Does it jerk you around? Yes. Suck it up. The ride's worth it. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Featuring a number of decent (but not plentiful enough) action and fight sequences, some good supporting performances and the reassuring notion that a nearly 60-year-old actor can be considered an action star, Unknown isn't awful, but it's not as good as it might have been. | 8 | |
| Metacritic.com 38 critics | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 170 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Liam Neeson elevates the proceedings considerably, but Unknown is ultimately too derivative -- and implausible -- to take advantage of its intriguing premise. | 11 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 11754 Netizens Good thriller, but don't go in expecting more than Taken. | 14 | |
Average .. 55% | 11 | |