Thriller that keeps you on the edge

Rating: 7/10 (1 November 2011)

A good thriller with some decent action in it. The plot is based upon a very unnerving and unpleasant idea that after waking up from a serious accident someone has taken your place. That is what happens to Martin Harris, his own wife doesn't recognize him and there is another man in his place. He has no way to prove his identity and even the family photos seem to suggest he is crazy, as the new man is in them, not Martin. Something is indeed very wrong, Martin has just no idea how wrong.
The idea is unnerving, but at the same time thrilling and kept me on the edge. It felt like if I missed one moment I could miss something crucial, something that could turn the entire movie around. Just how a thriller should feel. And indeed, there is a twist, quite a major one, so it pays to keep attention.
Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger are both very good accomplished actors and they do well, but there is no real spark between them in this movie. It just doesn't feel quite right. Unfortunately. And I had hoped the character Ernst Jürgen, the most sympathetic old Stasi agent, if there ever were one, could have played a larger role.
In all it is a very good thriller. But it there is some spark missing to put it among the best.
7/10