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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 31, 2023

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.

| Original Score: C | Oct 4, 2022

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

| Jan 5, 2021

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

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 30, 2020

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

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 26, 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.

| Sep 17, 2020

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.

| Original Score: C | Jul 13, 2020

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

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 7, 2019

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

| Feb 16, 2019

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

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 16, 2019

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

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 14, 2018

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

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 6, 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.

| Oct 30, 2018

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

| Aug 6, 2018

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

| Mar 22, 2018

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

Full Review | May 3, 2015

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

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 24, 2013

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

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 30, 2013

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

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 23, 2013

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.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 4, 2012