Unknown

“Unknown” stars Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Frank Langella and Aidan Quinn in this supposed action/drama thriller that tries so hard to be clever but continually stumbles in its convoluted plot and incredulous series of events and identities. As a result, the viewer remains on the edge of his or her seat, not because of the drama, but, instead, in an attempt to remain focused and to try to make sense out of what really makes no sense at all.. Directed by Jaune Collet-Serra, the action scenes are good but not great and unfortunately fail to compensate for the weakness of the story line and plot. Some have referred to the film as “Taken 2” but this does a great disservice to the first film which, in my opinion, was significantly better. I give this film 2 and ½ stars with the added rating because it does hold your interest…an interest motivated by trying to follow the story and the logic which, like the title, are “unknown" and undetectable.