Mistaken identity in Germany.

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2011)

A thriller as tight as a string on a second chair fiddle. Taut, terse and intriguing. Dr. Martin Harris(Liam Neeson)and his wife Elizabeth(January Jones)arrive in Berlin, where he is scheduled to speak at a conference announcing breakthrough research in the world of biochemistry. Mrs. Harris registers at the hotel, while Dr. Harris grabs a cab to return to the airport looking for a missing briefcase. Along the way, the cab is involved in an auto accident and lands in the river. The cab driver saves Martin from drowning, but he will stay in a hospital for four days in a coma. When Harris regains consciousness he discovers another man(Aidan Quinn)is impersonating him. Even his wife Liz refuses to recognize him. With the help of a nurse(Eva Lobau) and her friend(Bruno Ganz), a retired undercover agent that specializes in finding people, Dr. Harris will try to unravel what is going on. He finds the taxi driver Gina(Diane Kruger)in hopes of jogging his mind and regaining his short time memory. After getting his hands on his missing briefcase, Martin finds plenty of identity along with the makings of a sinister plot. How much is he involved and exactly who in the hell is he? The scenery is outstanding; being filmed in Berlin and other German locales including Liepzig and Bradenburg. The snow is a nice addition to the atmosphere. Also in the cast: Frank Langella, Sebastion Koch and Rainer Bock.