Unknown Reviews

A paranoid thriller has to be more paranoid than this, with far more urgency to it, to work.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

An exciting film that moviegoers will enjoy - even if they leave with a somewhat ambiguous understanding of the story that was unfolding outside of Neeson's character.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

With its intriguing story and thrilling action sequences, "Unknown" is worth checking out for those who are into action films as well as those who like a good mystery that needs solving.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

With an actor of Neeson's caliber you also get something extra--a convincing sell of the emotional and dramatic beats.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Unknown isn't offensive at all, but it isn't startlingly good either: it is a near-perfect popcorn thriller that convinces of its story despite some fairly ludicrous plot shifts and an ultimately very self-serving resolution.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10

The stop-start pacing, stock villains and predictable plot leave it trailing in Jason Bourne's wake.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

In a bloodless scene between two old men, there's more pathos and tension... than in any of the hyper-kinetic fight scenes or car chases that pad out the rest of the running time.

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In the French-made, English-language sleeper Taken, Liam Neeson was a former CIA operative who was (outlandishly) able to thwart a sex-trafficking ring. Audiences responded vociferously to his take-charge character. His latest film, Unknown...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.1/2

I didn't believe a second of it, but I certainly had fun watching it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

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.

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...with Liam Neeson in the lead, he makes everything we see on screen, no matter how far-fetched, seem plausible.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

I found the time spent not so proportionate to the powerful delivery, in the end...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

The movie is a well-performed, well-directed thriller that kept me interested the entire time.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Not as well executed as Taken or with the depth of 1988's Frantic but Neeson can cover up a lot of plot problems. A good rental.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Each situation is pulled off with a by-the-numbers precision. Sorely lacking is the dark humor Hitchcock invested in similar no-one-believes-me scenarios.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

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Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

The freak-out scenario is thoroughly engaging, but even Collet-Serra's ceaseless velocity can't gloss over gaping holes

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Liam Neeson is an indestructible Frankensteiny feral animal with a head injury.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Why the screenwriters allowed this movie to take a nonsensical turn is 'Unknown.'

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

... satisfying, if not entirely plausible.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5