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Persons Unknown

  • TV Series
  • 2010
  • TV-14
  • 43m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Alan Ruck, Jason Wiles, Kandyse McClure, and Daisy Betts in Persons Unknown (2010)
Several strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.
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Several strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.Several strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.Several strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.

  • Creator
    • Christopher McQuarrie
  • Stars
    • Jason Wiles
    • Daisy Betts
    • Chadwick Boseman
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    6.8/10
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    • Creator
      • Christopher McQuarrie
    • Stars
      • Jason Wiles
      • Daisy Betts
      • Chadwick Boseman
    • 69User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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      • Christopher McQuarrie
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    8asoupfullofbees

    This show really surprised me!

    This show really surprised me! With very little advertisement and on a Monday night line up its actually a very promising show. The few previews I did see kind of made it out to seem like some Saw rip off made for TV. The show was actually quite the opposite, it may be considered a horror TV show by some people but I believe it is more of a thriller.

    The basic premise revolves around a group of strangers kidnapped and dropped off in a weird town in the middle of nowhere. No one really knows what's going on, so the main plot is to uncover why and who has placed them there. It definitely gives a Lost type of confusion which leaves you with more questions.

    So far only the pilot has aired but I was very impressed and hope some people check it out. It's on Mondays on NBC. A lot of good shows like this go unnoticed and get canceled so if you're looking for a good new show check it out.
    9Max_Lucas

    Great Show!

    Why is it whenever there is a great show it gets canceled? And many are left unfinished. This story could of went on for many seasons. Great cast and story line. So many shows get a lot of hype months before premiere and then bomb. Yet the network will drag it on for a few more seasons trying to convince us that it will eventually get better.

    This show isn't like that. A great show that silently gets cut. Who are these people who make these decisions? Too many shows get canceled without closure. Tera Nova was another great one. Jericho could of ran for years! Yet, they hype up Revolution, which was a bomb, that I'm sure they will try to run with it for years.

    I really liked Persons Unknown. Last episode left me wanting to see more. Too bad the network didn't see it that way. Now days, if you don't have "C.S.I.", "reality show" or dumb slap stick comedy in it, it won't make the cut. It's sad!
    ziolkoj16

    Simply fantastic.

    I heard about this show from a few friends who said it was kind of like LOST. So naturally I decided to check it out and it was amazing. Before I go any further, to the above reviewer, LOST was on ABC and by JJ Abrams. This show is on NBC and made by a completely different person. Therefore it wasn't something thrown together as LOST concluded.

    Moving forward, the beginning was good but I hate how they only show one person being kidnapped and they focus in completely on that person. It's too early to tell who is telling the truth but hopefully we'll get a lot of answers as we progress through the storyline.

    It is definitely a great show to watch if you like to be held in suspense. It does have a LOST feeling to it, but still very different. (especially when the other inhabitants aren't attempting to kill our 7 main characters every chance they get.)
    9photo-30

    imaginative, clever, metaphoric

    Not sure why so many people were disappointed in and even hated this series. They even blasted the production and writing. The whole point of this story is that there is no end, no exit. It's like life, it just keeps changing with some new and some same people, and different levels of "evolution". There is no way out. We are stuck with who we are and how we work it all out. The writing is concise, to the point, and doesn't get bogged down in misdirection. People answer with immediate understandings, and the action moves quickly. And the photography and, lighting, and camera work is excellent. I know because I'm a professional photographer who has worked on some high end productions. The acting is true and heartfelt. It's a great metaphor for life on so many levels. The resistances to what is, the paranoia, the struggles with questions of doing what it takes, survival, and compassion in the face of distrust. The dynamics are great to watch. There are of course some aspects that are easy to criticize because, hopefully, the conspiracy is contrived and nothing like this could happen. But perhaps on some levels, we actually live in this kind of world. So yes some plot lines are unexplained and far-fetched, but are they really. There is a lot of mystery around all kinds of corporate and govt activity.
    aid_h6

    Has potential, but vulnerable to poor execution.

    Alright I know this is going to be a fairly hollow review because it is based on one episode. But the first episode has set a strong tone of mystery and drama similar to oh, I don't know... LOST? The complete and total combination of mystery and randomness is a great way to get the audience interested, but is hard to build on. It puts the audience in the detectives position; trying to figure out who the inside man is and how all these people are connected.

    The first episode showed brief glimpses of the outside world as it followed a reporter as he pursued the case of one of the abducted people. This is a smart move by the writers, giving the audience some background without resorting desperately to flashbacks.

    The reason this show could be terrible is because it can lose its mysterious aspects too quickly or too slowly. If it is lost too slowly and the characters make little progress in escaping, the show grows boring. If they escape to quickly, well, the show is near impossible to continue.

    Yes this review is very premature, but at this stage I recommend that you tune into this show live so that the mysterious aspects can be sustained for weeks.

    8/10 (for now)

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    • Release date
      • June 7, 2010 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Mexico
      • Italy
    • Official sites
      • NBC (United States)
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Persons Unknown: Evolution
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Invisible Ink
      • Televisa S.A. de C.V.
      • Fox Television Studios
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    • Runtime
      43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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