'Unknown' reviewed

From left, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Rainer Bock and Liam Neeson in Unknown. Watch the preview: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/unknown/10018662/main

We enjoyed this action thriller loaded with plenty of twists & turns to keep you guessing until the end. Liam Neeson plays a scientist traveling with his wife (January Jones) to a seminar in Berlin. He loses his briefcase at the airport and before checking into their hotel, he hops in a cab to retrieve it. An accident leaves him comatose for four days and his doctor warns him of possible memory loss. When he returns to the hotel, his wife says she doesn't know him and he has no papers on him to prove his identity. She introduces him to a man (Aidan Quinn) who claims to be her husband and has Neeson removed.
>>Nobody believes him as even his photo is changed to Quinn's on his internet biography so he begins to seek anyone who can verify his identity, starting with the cabbie (Diane Kruger) who abandoned him when they crashed into a river. Eventually he convinces her he's telling the truth and she decides to help him. A sympathetic nurse leads him to a former Stasi agent (the always wonderful Bruno Ganz) who is hired to investigate and gets in too deep in solving the mystery. Meanwhile he's constantly followed by killers who want him permanently silenced.
>>You have to pay attention to the plot as it moves fast while you learn the truth about Neeson's identity. I liked the way the story ends and I will admit it fooled me as well as the audience. There's plenty of well spaced car chases & accidents and one-on-one fights that propel the plot along. It takes a while for Neeson to realize who is telling the truth and that's what keeps us on our toes. If you like these kind of puzzle mysteries, this one's for you. Keep in mind that everyone here is not who they seem to be...