History Film / Unknown2011

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: The people who hired [[spoiler:Section 15]] to kill [[spoiler: Professor Bressler and steal his research]] are technically this. [[spoiler: Section 15 are the primary threat, and the ones doing all of the heavy lifting,]] but it's their client who want him dead in the first place.

** [[spoiler: Towards the end of the film, it's revealed that Doctor Martin Harris doesn't actually exist, but is merely a cover created by assassins to get close to their target. Martin's real name is never spoken, and the only indication we have toward his real name is a Canadian passport hidden in his briefcase for a William Sean Carmichael, but it is unknown if this is his actual name or just another cover identity.]]

** Herr Strauss keeps a small packet of cyanide in powder form in a tin at the back of his kitchen cabinet, clearly an unused relic from his Stasi days. [[spoiler: He obviously still felt he may need it some day, and is proven right when the villains come for him. He mixes it in with his cup of coffee.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "The is no Martin Harris. He doesn't exist."]]

* EyeCam: Used for the scene where Martin wakes up at the hospital. See UnfamiliarCeiling.

* UnfamiliarCeiling: Martin wakes up at the hospital after been AsleepForDays. The ambient sounds are muffled at first and the camera [[EyeCam mimics his eyes slowly opening]] and adjusting to the brightness of the room.

* DullSurprise: January Jones as Liz, all the time. [[JustifiedTrope The audience is meant to doubt her allegiance to good or evil.]] [[spoiler: She's in on it.]]

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NoNameGiven: [[spoiler: Towards the end of the film, it's revealed that Doctor Martin Harris doesn't actually exist, but is merely a cover created by assassins to get close to their target. Martin's real name is never spoken, and the only indication we have toward his real name is a Canadian passport hidden in his briefcase for a William Sean Carmichael, but it is unknown if this is his actual name or just another cover identity.]]

* ShowerOfLove: Under MRI, Martin has foggy flashbacks of making love to his wife in the shower.

** Herr Strauss keeps a small packet of cyanide in powder form in a tin at the back of his kitchen cabinet, clearly an unused relic from his Stasi days in case he was ever under threat of interrogation. [[spoiler: He obviously still felt he may need it some day, and is proven right when the villains come for him. He mixes it in with his cup of coffee.]]

** Herr Strauss keeps a small packet of cyanide in powder form in a tin at the back of his kitchen cabinet, clearly an unused relic from his Stasi days in case he was ever under threat of interrogation. [[spoiler: He obviously felt he may still need it some day, and is proven right when the villains come for him. He mixes it in with his cup of coffee.]]

* Adult dear: After [[spoiler: the Adlon Hotel begins evacuating due to a terrorist threat,]] one of Prof. Bressler's daughters wanders off away from her father and he can't catch up to her. She's eventually found by [[spoiler: "Martin B" which isn't much better because he's one of the people trying to kill him, and would have done it in front of his children.]]

** [[Spoiler: They also don't have any compunctions about killing innocents, as they murder anyone who's merely seen them, and they're willing to blow up an entire party full of people just to kill one man and to cast suspicion off their real target.]]

* VillainRespect: [[Spoiler: Rodney Cole to Herr Jürgen. After realising his cover is blown, Cole remains civil and respectful when requesting to know everything Jürgen did on Martin's behalf, whilst also acknowledging that he can't let the old man live. Jürgen chooses to take his own life via poison rather than betray Martin or any of his old spy contacts, and after keeling over, Cole catches him and places him gently in a chair, acknowledging that Jürgen is "one of the best" for his sacrifice.]]

* WhamLine: [[Spoiler: "The is no Martin Harris. He doesn't exist."]]

* MurderInc: [[spoiler:Section 15, Martin's employer, is one of these and will kill just about anyone for the right price. They also don't have any compunctions about killing innocents, as they're willing to blow up an entire party full of people just to kill one man and to cast suspicion off their real target.]]

* MurderInc: [[spoiler:Section 15, Martin's employer, is one of these and will kill just about anyone for the right price.]]

* ShowerOfLove: Under MRI, Martin has foggy flashbacks of making love to his wife in the shower. We only see their heads and shoulders, and besides showing off January Jones' perfect body and nice O-face, this is one of many flashbacks that may clue the viewer in to the truth of the matter - while designed to mislead instead. Clever.