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Unknown (2006)

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 45
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 28

Though it boasts a talented cast, this thriller fails to make you care about the twisty mystery of the men's identities and situation.

22

Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 14

Though it boasts a talented cast, this thriller fails to make you care about the twisty mystery of the men's identities and situation.

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56

liked it
Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 15,637

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Movie Info

Five men desperately try to recover their memories and piece together the traumatic events of the past several days in this independent thriller. In an abandoned warehouse, a handful of men slowly regain consciousness, but they've been stricken with amnesia and have no idea who they are, where they are, or what has happened to them. All five seem to have been in some sort of serious scuffle; one is tied up (Joe Pantoliano), another has been handcuffed (Jeremy Sisto), a third has a broken nose

R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Jan 30, 2007

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All Critics (50) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (29) | DVD (8)

You wish some of the plot holes had been spackled better.

December 15, 2006 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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A nifty little psychological crime thriller that suggests a Treasure of the Sierra Madre for the postindustrial age.

December 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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It's a good gimmick, but still a gimmick, and we're left with more confusion than tension.

December 8, 2006 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Houston Chronicle
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Unknown is far from a perfect movie, but it's more amusing than many better-made ones.

November 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Unknown is far from unwatchable, just undistinguished.

November 18, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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Gritty, gimmicky.

November 10, 2006 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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click for full review in Greek

October 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

goes round in circles, with petty arguments and lengthy monologues making the minutes drag in what ought to be a taut thriller.

June 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

Enjoyable thriller with superb performances, a decent plot and some thought-provoking ideas about identity and human nature underneath its twisty tale.

April 12, 2007 Full Review Source: ViewLondon | Comment
ViewLondon

A knife-sharp psychological action thriller.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

This is the work of filmmakers so satisfied with a story that isn't the least bit satisfying.

February 5, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Never rises above the level of a promising calling card, but there's something refreshing about its innate sense of its own B-movieness.

February 4, 2007 Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | Comment

Gimmicky but effective, this claustrophobic thriller has such an intriguing premise that it keeps us entertained even as it gets increasingly contrived.

January 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall

A premissa é instigante, mas, infelizmente, quanto mais descobrimos sobre a trama, menos interessante o filme se torna.

January 14, 2007 Comment
Cinema em Cena

UNKNOWN works as a puzzle and it provides a fine ride for audiences. It has audacity and invention and marks the emergence of a couple of behind-the-scenes talents to watch.

January 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews | Comment
Murphy's Movie Reviews

There's a good little thriller lurking somewhere in the depths of "Unknown," but it never quite rises to the surface.

December 15, 2006 Full Review Source: Seattle Times | Comment
Seattle Times

The gimmick is all worn out, the script never makes us believe its epidemic of memory loss could ever happen, and its crescendo of third-act plot twists play like a desperate patch job on a concept that just didn't come off.

December 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Audience Reviews for Unknown

Trust no one. Fear everyone.Excellent Movie! The film story just keeps changing even at the end, amazing plot! Good acting roles by everyone involve. Highly recommended film for any real movie buffs.How would you feel if you were tied to a chair, in a locked-down warehouse, in the middle-of-nowhere, with no

November 15, 2009
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Manu Gino

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"Trust no one. Fear everyone."Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.REVIEWIn the end the audience learns there has been a kidnapping but I think the screenplay was too complicated to follow, throwing

January 21, 2010
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Lorenzo von Matterhorn

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