Highly functional thriller with a 'Frantic' feel.

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2011)

While i'd hardly leap out of my seat to see much of Jaume Collet-Serra's back catalogue (Goal II, House Of Wax remake), i have to say he has turned in a highly functional, and always engaging modern day thriller with 'Unknown'. Liam Neeson seems to now find himself at home as the '50 something' action hero, and his performance is suitably 'Frantic' which is another film that springs immediately to mind in the early stages. Neeson is supported well by an impressive cast featuring Diane Kruger,January Jones and two heavyweight actors in the shape of Bruno Ganz and Frank Langella. While you never quite feel the goosebumps brought on by 'Taken', there's still enough thrills,spills and twists to fill up the running time, and things never at any point drag.