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Unknown
The cast was A-List. The story was a clever one at that. But somehow the delivery missed a bit.
DVD Review: Unknown
Usually when you put Greg Kinnear, Jim Cavezial, Joe Pantoliano and Barry Pepper in a room for an entire movie, you’d be as good as gold. But it seemed like the characters were as confused with the plot as the viewers.
Unknown starts out with 5 men in a completely concealed warehouse each with different inflicted wounds but none of whom remember how they got there, who they are, and which one of them are the bad guys or good guys. One witty idea, you’d have to say. But as the plot thickens (I don’t know if you can call it a ‘plot’ in this movie and it definitely doesn’t do much coagulating) unfolds it seems like a kid who just doesn’t know the right time to show up to a party. We learn some things way to early and other things way too late and some things not at all.
Throw in a nonsense role for Bridget Moynahan and it’s enough to make you angry because this movie was supposed to be good or at least better than it was.
But then again, the movie does have Peter Stormare (you know the guy from Armageddon: “Russian components, American components, all made in Taiwan!” and The Big Lebowski: “We f***s you up, Lebowski!”) and you just have to love all the greasy mob guy roles he’s constantly thrown into.
The movie does end with a nice twist but it’s like that cool grand finale at a firework show that was a disappointment until then.
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