Whoa! Two movie reviews in 1 week!!!My wife has been trying for the last 2 days to watch the longest tennis grand slam final in the open era. She recorded this match, as it was on in the very early morning hours of this past Sunday. But, when it's a nearly 6 hour match, it takes time to watch, even with being able to fast forward through commercials. So, I had the opportunity to watch my 2nd movie in a week last night. The latest is "Unknown", starring Liam Neeson.
In this thriller, Neeson stars as Martin Harris, a University Professor who awakes from a coma to find that another man has assumed his life. As Harris struggles to maintain his sanity, he allies with Gina (Diane Kruger) and Juergen (Bruno Ganz) to try to recover his life. What he finds though, may not be what he expects.
This is a very entertaining movie that I did enjoy, though it's really only a 3.5 star movie. The car chases are really well done, and Liam Neeson kicks butt as usual. Where it fell a little short is the plot was thin, and the (*****************spoiler alert!!!*******************) "Salt" like twist near the end was not as unexpected as it was in "Salt". If you haven't seen "Salt", then that wasn't a spoiler, and you should watch that movie instead of "Unknown" if you get the chance. Even if you have seen "Salt", that may not have been much of a spoiler.
Anyway, "Unknown" is fun ride that I would recommend for a night when your significant other is watching a seriously long tennis match, or just doing stuff without you.
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