Review of Unknown (2011) by Nathan H — 28 Apr 2009
One of the dumbest movies I've ever made myself watch, UNKNOWN takes a neat, if gimmicky premise - five men awake in a warehouse with no memory of how they got there - and plays it out in a way that would make Donald Kaufman roll his eyes in disgust.
Having a dumb story doesn't disqualify you from making a fun movie - I was hoping, really, that this might turn out to be in the same vein as IDENTITY, which takes a patently absurd tale but crafts such a great thriller that it's hard to complain about the plausibility.
Instead, UNKNOWN piles on the cliches, casts a slew of interesting actors in worthless parts, and crafts a story only remarkable for seemingly reveling in its own idiocy, culminating in a laughably bad final twist.
My only real question at the end of this: how is it that this guy and this movie attract such a great set of names, while someone with real talent and vision - say, Gilliam - continues to struggle? Hollywood, I may never understand you.
This review of Unknown (2011) was written by Nathan H on 28 Apr 2009.
Unknown has generally received positive reviews.
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