SCREEN IT! PARENTAL REVIEW: UNKNOWN

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"UNKNOWN"
(2011) (Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger) (PG-13)

QUICK TAKE:
Dramatic Thriller: After coming out of an accident-induced, four-day coma in a foreign city, an American must contend with another man posing as him, both in his profession and with his wife.

PLOT:
Martin Harris (LIAM NEESON) and his wife Liz (JANUARY JONES) have just arrived in Berlin for a biotechnology summit held by Professor Bressler (SEBASTIAN KOCH) and funded by Prince Shada (MIDO HAMADA). When he realizes he left his briefcase at the airport, Martin hops in a taxi driven by cabbie Gina (DIANE KRUGER), but never makes it there as a freak, chain reaction accident sends the cab off a bridge and into the river. Gina manages to rescue Martin and paramedics revive him, but he ends up in a coma.
Four days later, he wakes up without any form of identification and without Liz anywhere in site. After checking himself out of the hospital, he heads to the hotel where he thinks he sees Liz at a reception. After security allows him in, he's shocked not only when Liz says she doesn't know him, but also when another man (AIDAN QUINN) says he's really Martin Harris and has the documentation to prove it. Confused but adamant about who he is, Martin returns to the hospital for further testing, but has a bad encounter with a hired killer, Smith (OLIVIER SCHNEIDER), who breaks a nurse's neck and then tries to kill Martin.
He manages to escape and finds Gina who reluctantly agrees to help him, as does former East German Secret Police agent Ernst Jürgen (BRUNO GANZ) who's intrigued by his case and is hired to figure out what's occurred. With Liz continuing to act as if she doesn't know Martin, and Smith being joined by fellow hitman Jones (STIPE ERCEG) in trying to kill him, Martin does what he can to get to the bottom of this mystery, hoping that anyone, including his longtime friend from America, Rodney Cole (FRANK LANGELLA), might be able to provide some answers.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Those who are fans of older-skewing action pics (such as "Taken") may be interested, as might fans of anyone in the cast.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For some intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sexual content.

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