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Unknown is a 2011 psychological thriller directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, and starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and various other actors. The film has generally been well recieved within the box office, getting over $136 million, being successful within its first week as a number 1 opening, it sold 13.9 million tickets in 29 countries. However, the reviews were met by critics as a mediocre to above average film with scores ranging from 2.5/25 to 9.0/90. The story starts off with Dr. Martin Harris(Liam Neeson) with his wife, Elizabeth 'Liz' Harris(Diane Kruger) arriving within Berlin, Germany to go on a visit for a biotechnological summit, however, once within the hotel that they are booked within, the main protagonist, Martin, realises that the bag/briefcase that he had was left behind in the taxi they were in, so in order to get his briefcase, he takes a taxi by a woman named Gina, however, they crash within the bridge, the crash eventually had led to a spiral for Martin Harris, when he arrives at the hotel, his wife claims that he does not know him, and that she is with another man, who claims is him, Dr Martin Harris. The protagonist has to find out who this person is, while avoiding people who want him dead.

The way how the film is portrayed is by the protagonist trying to figure out the issue in which is present, which is that a person is an imposter, impersonating him, so it gives a sense of mystery within the thriller being shown throughout. The original sense of equilibrium has been shattered, thanks to the issue in which is being shown within the film, as he has to find out what has happened and what has been the cause of all of this and why this has happened, and to eventually, confront the person/people who disrupted the equilibrium and to solve it, creating another equilibrium.

The way how women are portrayed are as either people who help out the main character and as a person who would be an assassin. Gina, who was the female taxi driver, had helped out the main character throughout the movie to try to piece the information together about what is going on. On the other hand, the other way that women were portrayed was as an assassin. Elizabeth Harris, was just an identity used in order to kill Prince Shada, it can be shown as her becoming a deceiver.