Proto hybrid of Hitchcock meets "BOURNE" w/Neeson in action mode!

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2011)

UNKNOWN (2011) *** Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, Frank Langella, Sebastian Koch. Decent conspiracy thriller/action flick with Neeson (in pure Hitchcock-wrong-man-in-the-right-place/right-man-in-the-wrong-place mode) as, Martin Harris, an American botanist abroad in Berlin for a world conference who suffers amnesia after his taxi crashes into a waterway finding himself embroiled in atypical international thriller tropes – with plucky cabbie Kruger (platonically) abetting. Filmmaker Jaume Collet –Serra's swift direction includes some great chase sequences (best bit: SUV vs. trolley car) and also caters to some humor (Quinn's 'faux' Harris and Neeson BOTH saying the same dialogue in each other's vein attempt to prove THEY are the REAL Harris borderlines "GET SMART" wackiness!) in this "BOURNE" hybrid with Neeson's other action hit "TAKEN"; hop on for the ride!