Unknown

Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones

Rating: PG-13

Score: 2.5/4

I expected this to be similar to Taken but it wasn't; yes, Liam Neeson is running around a European city searching for something, but, this time he's looking for himself and he's not a martial arts expert or a smooth talking ex-agent.

The movie opens with Martin Harris on a plane with his wife, they're flying to Berlin for a biotech summit. Once the couple arrives at the hotel Martin realizes he accidentally left his briefcase at the airport. He hops in a cab to go back, leaving his wife to check in. However, on his way to the airport the cab crashes and goes into the river.

Martin wakes up from a coma to find himself in the hospital, his memories are muddled and he just wants to get back to his loving wife. But, when he finds her back at the hotel she doesn't know him and there is another man named Martin Harris with her. Martin enlists the help of the cabbie who was in the car with him. Her name is Gina, she's an illegal alien from Bosnia trying to make enough money to get to America. With the help of an ex-Stasi agent (Bruno Ganz) Martin investigates his past life and the mysterious man who has taken his place.

The movie is gray, we are in Berlin in November and everything is slushy and frozen. The story starts off believeable, Martin is gentle and focused only on his wife. As the plot thickens it becomes more intriguing but also less believable; who would have thought botany was such a hot topic?