UNKNOWN
3 out of 5 stars

such a DISAPPOINTMENT!!! ugh... it was going so well, then it took a really BAD detour into absurdity!!! jaume collet-serra, i expected better from you... :/

and to think, i was SO EXCITED when i heard i was getting this movie next on my queue! anyway... this one is about DR. martin harris. (the great liam neeson & i capitalized DR. b/c he kept emphasizing that he was indeed a phD like 20X- douchebag... :P) so, the movie starts with dr. martin harris arriving in berlin, germany with his beautiful blond wife, elizabeth. (the ice cold january jones AKA betty draper from mad men) they get into a cab, and head to the hotel... upon arriving, martin realizes that he’s forgotten his briefcase with all his valuables and documents, so he hops in another cab to head back to the airport. they run into some heavy city traffic, but then out of nowhere, the cab ends up in an accident thus plunging into the river! his gorgeous ukrainian taxi driver (diane kruger from inglorious basterds) saves his life, but martin ends up in a coma for like...5 days. he wakes up in the hospital, but can’t recall the accident. he then ends up going back to the hotel to look for his wife, but another man (aidan quinn) has taken over his identity! (and his wife doesn’t remember who he is either!) WTF?!? from then on, he enlists the help of a former secret police officer/spy from the days of communist germany to help him figure out this “conspiracy”. the truth about martin is absurd, but the actual conspiracy is pretty good. i have to give them plot points for that... ;)

part of the problem with this movie is how it ends... it starts out beautifully with lots of intrigue re: martin’s past (flashbacks of him and his wife, his childhood, etc.) as well as a good premise. who is the real martin harris and why has his identity been compromised? well, there are a lot of good chases and suspensful moments that make this thrilling, but then a really BAD and absurd detour occurs! all that chasing and for what?! well, i won’t give it away, but let’s just say that a secret group of highly skilled assassins is too tarantino for me. if i wanted to watch kill bill, i would have done so! :P