Surprising story, a true thriller with depth

Rating: 9/10 (11 December 2011)

If one reads the story line you might think, oh, just an other story of mistaken identity. But the story develops in so much more as just that. Although it does not go very deep into the actual why, the root cause is a partial mystery and actually not that important, it does keep you interested in the movie the whole time. You simply just don't know, you might think you know, but, you won't. The characters are well played, even the extra's. With a Liam Neeson you can expect a quality character, a solid performance, a worthy main character. The car chase scenes and the violence in the movie is for the most part very believable. Accidents, and the cars are very maimed, not much in the way of Hollywood style nonsense explosions, jumping cars and stuff like that. No, believable action. The setting, Berlin, lends itself well for interesting background, we should see more of such movies set in proper European cities with style, history, substance. The actual outcome is rather surprising although the very end of the movie is not very strong. During the movie there are some moments from which you think "they could have made more out of it, more thrillery". However, see my score, a 9, it is still so very worth watching and I am sure that in the future I will watch it again.