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Liam Neeson Does the Reverse Bourne

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (19)

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Unknown is like a reverse-Bourne: A man (Liam Neeson) has a terrible car accident, and when he wakes up, everyone else seems to have amnesia. Kind of a cool, if not completely transparent, concept, and the trailer pretty much gives away all the intrigue, leaving you only with the hopeful prospect of Liam Neeson kicking a little ass. It comes from Jaume Collet-Serra, the director of the execrable 2005 House of Wax remake (ugh), but it does also feature January Jones as the seemingly evil wife pulling the long con.









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Comments

Liam Neeson and Aidan Quinn. Who cares if there's a plot or not.

Posted by: PaddyDog at October 22, 2010 10:06 AM

Ugh, January Jones. No thanks.

Posted by: the new transported man at October 22, 2010 10:07 AM

I would see it but for January Jones. They could have saved some salary by substituting a mannequin.

Posted by: admin at October 22, 2010 10:25 AM

Or an upright vacuum cleaner with a wig on the handle. Maybe some googly eyes.

Posted by: the new transported man at October 22, 2010 10:26 AM

WOO HOO Michael Collins reunion! sign me up.

So what you are looking at here is at Liam Neeson in roles that were Harrison Ford's 10 years ago.. and doing them them, much, much better. By which I mean he doesn't doesn't look like a fucking victim. I was watching Frantic the other day and that shit had me squirming all over the place, painful to watch Ford's face looking like he was getting gang raped down in cell block 3.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 22, 2010 10:29 AM

That's quite a cast.... Aidan Quinn, Diane Kruger, Frank Langella....

P.S. According to IMDb, this is called Unknown White Male.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at October 22, 2010 10:33 AM

Oh, I love me some January Jones bashing!
Everyone ELSE in this movie can act!

Posted by: nat at October 22, 2010 11:20 AM

And I see from IMDB that the lovely Miss Jones will be bringing her prodigious non-talent to X-Men: First Class playing Emma Frost, now filming.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 22, 2010 11:25 AM

Well,while you folks are doing this pretty silly boycott of this Jones lady, I'll be watching Neeson act all pissed and beat the crap out of people. Because that can never be ruined.

In fact, I am going to find my Darkman DVD and pop it in now. Just because.

"Just take the fucking elephant!"

Posted by: Vermillion at October 22, 2010 12:52 PM

YEEEESSSSSsssssssssssssssss

Posted by: DeistBrawler at October 22, 2010 1:41 PM

Actually, this doesn't look like a reverse Bourne so much as the original Bourne from the books. If you haven't read those and you intend on seeing this movie (as I do, I can't resist Liam Neeson punching people in the face), then I won't ruin it for you. In any case, the actual concept behind Bourne Identity is way more complicated than a spy gets amnesia. If it hadn't been for they're really good execution, it would have been unforgivable that they had reduced such a neat idea to the same idea as The Long Kiss Goodnight (another favorite movie due to Shane Black's screenwriting, but one that no one else has seen due to Gina Davis, I'll wager).

Posted by: puppetDoug at October 22, 2010 2:50 PM

goddamn it I meant their. I will never forgive myself.

Posted by: puppetDoug at October 22, 2010 3:01 PM

mmmm Diane Kruger

Posted by: sailboat 'momentarily known as inertia creeps' at October 22, 2010 3:29 PM

Really? Diane Kruger as a god damn cabbie?

That's just insulting my intelligence. You could drive a battleship through that plot hole. Sideways. With room to spare. For a planet.

Posted by: D-Day at October 22, 2010 7:10 PM

I'm sure she turns out to be 'more than a cabbie'.

Posted by: Jo 'Mama' Besser at October 22, 2010 7:59 PM

hell puppetDoug, everyone I know loves Long Kiss Goodnight.

Posted by: nigeltde at October 22, 2010 9:18 PM

Why does Pajiba hate January Jones? Did I miss something? I always thought she was fine on Mad Men and she's certainly easy on the eyes.

Posted by: jcollier at October 22, 2010 10:19 PM

Hey, Nigeltde EVERYONE loves the Long Kiss Goodnight.

Posted by: Simon at October 23, 2010 12:23 AM

This trailer hit my palate and I got distinct notes of The Game. It went down and left me with a general The Net aftertaste.

Posted by: Matches at October 23, 2010 1:35 PM