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44 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: Unknown unfolds in the style of "Memento," a story told in reverse with an unforeseeable ending. Five men wake up trapped in a chemical warehouse with no memory of who they are or how they got there. They are forced to try to figure out who is good and evil before it's too late. (The Weinstein Co.) … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    70
    Music video director Simon Brand makes an impressively taut debut with Unknown, a nifty little psychological crime thriller that suggests a "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" for the postindustrial age.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    60
    Brand has assembled a cast of world class improvisers, yet doesn't take advantage of their own particularized, inflected rhythms, as each ritualistically experiences a jump-cut fragmentary flashback in front of the same bathroom mirror.
  3. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    58
    Unknown seems fairly stale and unoriginal, mainly because it's yet another movie with the short-term memory loss premise ("Memento," "Fifty First Dates," etc.), and it comes so late in the cycle that it feels like a dying gasp.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    30
    The movie's disinterest in character might be forgivable were its plot not riddled with holes.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. AnnieE.
    10
    I loved it. Witty and exciting. Great script, great twists.
  2. Tss5078
    8
    This movie was really cool, not only because of it's terrific cast, but also for the way the story is done. At many points this film seems familiar, mainly because it has similar pieces to similar movies all put together into one original story. A group of people wake up locked in a warehouse with no memory of who they are or how they got there. Only one thing becomes immediately clear, if they don't discover the truth and how to escape, they'll all be dead soon. Its not the strongest story or ending, but the way this film was done was just pure genius. Defiantly worth seeing!… Expand
  3. cesargm
    5
    Not great, but really not bad. Cool concept and good cast, but lacked something... Can't quite place what.

    Maybe it would be better if it kep    t to the 'one-room film' formula. The scenes on the outside with the cops were distracting and not really necessary for the plot...… Expand

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