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Four exchange students meet in Berlin 20 years after graduating, but picking up where they left off doesn't turn out to be as easy as they hoped. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Polished mainstream effort from consistently interesting filmmaker moreCast
(Credited cast) | James Russo | ... | Mickey Vernon |
 | Heino Ferch | ... | Johann |
| Ornella Muti | ... | Rafaella |
| Steven Waddington | ... | Travis Moore |
| Ulrike Haase | ... | Anke |
| Andreas Petri | ... | Bartender |
| Frank Kirschgens | ... | Car Cop |
| Maximilian von Pufendorf | ... | Young Johann |
 | Jeffrey Vincent Parise | ... | Young Mickey (as Jeff Parise) |
| Naike Rivelli | ... | Young Rafaella |
| Jack Tarlton | ... | Young Travis |
 | Richard Portnow | ... | Tommy Matolla |
| Neal Wach | ... | Co-Worker |
| Pauline van Rensbeurg | ... | Katrin |
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Buddy Giovanazzo is a consistently interesting filmmaker. COMBAT SHOCK and NO WAY HOME are my favourite Buddy films, and his short MANIAC 2: MR. ROBBY, is very good also, but THE UNSCARRED is a more mainstream film and certainly the director's most technically polished.
It boasts so many twists and turns that anything but a basic plot synopsis would do it damage. James Russo, a resident of New Jersey, is seriously in debt. When he is invited to come to Berlin by old friends, he accepts the offer.
Giovanazzo is adept at depicting violent, visceral scenes. He isn't shy of blood and he doesn't neglect the emotions behind violence, either. This film's bloody set pieces are handsomely shot and the performances are strong. The beautiful Ornella Muti (the unforgettable female star of TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS) is still gorgeous in this outing, though her delivery of the English dialogue is a little stilted.
A weak section of the narrative sees Russo irrationally instigating a short police chase. Clearly an example of something not carefully thought through, it is one of the few missteps in this otherwise effective suspense drama.
There are too many gratuitous travelogue shots of Berlin, probably a concession to the film's co-financiers.