Audio Reviews - Unknown - Audio Review

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  March 23, 2011 at 12:56 AM, said ...

  i love this review, and i love Co-Host's Liam Neeson XD

   

  after the taken video review, my sister got a green balloon and drew Liam Neeson's face on it. i think i need to find another balloon :)

• March 04, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Salty the Beast said ...

  My review: http://saltythebeastblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/movie-review-unknown.html

  
  
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  February 28, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Shinigami64 said ...

  I was about to respond, then I realized that there almost no way to do that without giving away the "reveal." I'll just leave it at Liam Neeson's characters in Taken and Unknown are nothing alike. Even on the surface, they have nothing in common.

   

  Then again, it kinda comes down to how much anyone really needs to see this movie...I'd say you don't. Taken is not a perfect film, but it's much better than this. And not seeing Unknown won't hurt you at all. 

• February 28, 2011 at 4:19 PM, said ...

  Well, no, because Qui-Gon Jinn (spelling) has nothing in common with the characters Neeson plays in both Taken and Unknown, who might as well be the same character. I'm not trying to argue that Unknown is a good film by any stretch of the imagination here. I'm just saying that comparing this movie to Taken is not only valid, but rather obvious.

  
  
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  February 28, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Shinigami64 said ...

  @ John Henry Eden v2.0 - Except that Taken had a straight-forward plot centered on a character whose motivation was clear and consistent. By your comparison, Unknown and The Phantom Menace are the same movie...just stop talking for now.

• February 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM, said ...

  @Shinigami64

  You're right. I don't know why anyone would compare this to Taken. It's not like they're both action movies about Liam Neeson kicking ass with a vengeance, or anything.

  
  
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  February 27, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Shinigami64 said ...

  Just watched this last night for the hell of it...it actually really sucks.

   

  I feel like this needs to be said more than anything concerning this movie: January Jones is a fuck-awful actress. She's really attractive in possibly the most bland way imaginable, and that's the only reason this chick is getting work. She can't change her expression. She can't change the inflection in her voice. That works fine for her role on Mad Men, but in this movie she fucking stinks. Now the plot...

   

  This movie is a convoluted hell-storm of stupid that expects you to forget or ignore the obvious throughout. It constrains itself by adhering to thriller conventions in the dumbest ways just to get the plot underway. Movies are constructed on predications of things we as viewers know and don't know. That's the reason why the movie expects us to believe that amnesia effects long-term memory when in fact it doesn't. Once things do get started, it still feels a little too much like he's trying to gather evidence for the hotel security team as opposed to any other reason. After all, he could just make a call or two and go home to straighten this shit out. There's never a moment where we have any reason to question if "Martin Harris" is who he says he is as the film keeps proving him right. But then once the big reveal occurs, this movie spirals into flat-out fucking retarded. The lady cab driver's stunt-driving notwithstanding, NOTHING makes sense about the climax and we're supposed to be too swept up in the action-y bullshit to catch that. Knowing that this was directed by the same guy that gave us Orphan and its laughably stupid plot twist, I expected "dumb." Once everything comes together in Unknown, no one's actions make any fucking sense.

   

  Comparing this to Taken is an insult...

• February 25, 2011 at 4:36 AM, said ...

  I have been coming this website for months, and did not join till Corey said, "Super Corn"

  
  
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  February 25, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Darth Corey said ...

  Am I the only one that thought this movie was just a Bourne rip off? I'm a Neeson fan but damn what a unoriginal lame story with a lousy climax. The PG 13 sex scenes didnt help either. If I wanted porn, I'd watched porn goddammit. lol

• February 23, 2011 at 8:39 PM, said ...

  Would listen to audio reviews but there to dam long.

  
  
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  February 23, 2011 at 3:12 AM, said ...

  anything with liam neeson is awsome

• February 22, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Adam said ...

  that girl looks like angela from the office

  
  
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  February 22, 2011 at 3:08 PM, said ...

  Great review. This reminds me of the TV show "Nowhere Man", who also had his identity literally erased. In his case, it turned out to be a government/military conspiracy. Interesting show and probably an influence on later mystery/conspiracy shows, like Lost. Anyways, I have to agree with you guys on Liam Neeson. He kicks ass in every movie he's in.

• February 22, 2011 at 2:21 AM, said ...

  This seems like a remake of Taken.

  
  
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  February 21, 2011 at 11:11 PM, said ...

  Alright, I think we're all sick of this fucker, Steve Overman. Why is he still here?

• February 21, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Steve Overman said ...

  Leon, what the fuck are you doing there, go watch the fucking films Goddamit!

  
  
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  February 21, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Kevin Carollo said ...

  I like Liam.  I will have to check this out on netflix.  Thanks for the review!

• February 21, 2011 at 2:21 PM, said ...

  Co-Hosts impression sounds like the pug from Men In Black

  
  
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  February 21, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Elyk said ...

  Saw it today, quite bad ass!  Liam Neeson is the next big action star, he commands the screen, despite a lackluster script.  I enjoyed the ending, made sense and set up the possibility of a sequel!

• February 20, 2011 at 11:15 PM, joannajax said ...

  Liam Neeson is a badass. And, I heard he's well endowed. I'm just saying. You guys always have to mention nice titties and whatnot. I bet he's got a nice dick! Oh yeah!

  
  
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  February 20, 2011 at 10:52 PM, said ...

  Don't mess with the Neeson he has are a very particular set of skills; skills he has acquired over a very long career.
  

• February 20, 2011 at 10:16 PM, said ...

  I loved this movie actually!!

  
  
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  February 20, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Reid Larsen said ...

  Good review, I'll check it out

• February 20, 2011 at 7:23 PM, bill stack said ...

  gentleman...i applaud you on your Liam Nesson impressions. i almost pissed my pants laughing so hard

  
  
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  February 20, 2011 at 5:35 PM, said ...

  how cool would it be if Liam Neeson and Jason Statham starred in an Action/Thriller on the lines of Unknown?

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