Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Jul 31, 2023 2.5/4

Along with wanting humor, Unknown’s lacking sense of romance leaves the audience with nothing to root for except the promise that, by the end, Neeson will deliver some knockout blows to the bad guys.

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Oct 4, 2022 C

This is a by-the-numbers thriller, in which nothing is what it seems, but nothing is what it seems in pretty much the way you’d expect, if that makes sense.

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Johnny Loftus Decider Jan 5, 2021

Fans of Neeson's Weaponized Old Guy roles will be sated by the times he goes mano a mano.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Nov 30, 2020 7/10

The tension remains consistent and the spattering of action sequences impresses.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 26, 2020 2.5/4.0

A stunningly weak ending very nearly causes the entire film to collapse.

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Jason Best Movie Talk Sep 17, 2020

Liam Neeson is such a solid screen presence that he's able to anchor outlandish Bourne-style conspiracy thriller Unknown... It's all tosh, of course, but great fun if you can suspend your disbelief.

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Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jul 13, 2020 C

While this wants to be much more important and deep than it is, it's ultimatley a mediocre suspense film that morphs into an action vehicle along the way.

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Ellie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) Jun 7, 2019 2.5/4

As anonymous as its title suggests, just another thriller in a sea of similar thrillers that, at their core, all seem basically the same.

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Nathalia Aryani San Diego Entertainer Feb 16, 2019

Preposterous? Sure. But within the larger movie universe, I can accept the purported reality. It's just too entertaining not to.

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Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Feb 16, 2019 B+

We get the rare treat (in English-language films, anyway) of exploring Berlin in Neeson's appealing company. Altogether, it's a good deal.

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Edward Frost CineVue Dec 14, 2018 2/5

With little going for it and a laughable script, Unknown coasts along at a fast enough pace to justify the 113 minute runtime.

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Kaleem Aftab The List Nov 6, 2018 3/5

[Liam Neeson] growls his way through various preposterous situations, while remaining muscularly watchable.

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Eileen Jones The eXile Oct 30, 2018

I forgot Unknown by the time I got to the car; it was a real act of will to call it up again long enough to review it, and I'm already forgetting it again.

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Sarah Manvel Kamera.co.uk Aug 6, 2018

It's hard to know if the problem lies with the script... or in the editing by Tim Alverson.

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Rebecca Cusey WORLD Mar 22, 2018

If one can swallow the premise... the film is a lot of fun.

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Sean Burns Philadelphia Weekly May 3, 2015

Like Taken, it's the kind of flick that will play forever on cable.

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Matt Joseph We Got This Covered Jul 24, 2013 5/10

As the film progresses, it becomes incomprehensible. The twists are too preposterous and the plot holes are too plentiful, making Unknown an absolute mess.

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John Hanlon Big Hollywood Jun 30, 2013 3.5/5

The thriller is fun and action-packed but a few major plot holes and a few lazy twists definitely weigh it down.

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Will Leitch Deadspin Jun 23, 2013 C+

What started as a mildly intriguing innocent-man-wrongly-accused pseudo-thriller just turns into series of lame implausibilites in pursuit of an ending.

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Ben Kendrick Screen Rant Oct 4, 2012 3.5/5

An exciting film that moviegoers will enjoy - even if they leave with a somewhat ambiguous understanding of the story that was unfolding outside of Neeson's character.

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