‘Unknown Origins’: Cool Concept, Poor Execution
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.

A small plane sneaks across the Canadian border and drops off a package to a waiting DEA agent. Inside is a million dollars in cash and cocaine, stolen from one of the biggest drug kingpins in the country. A death warrant is issued for whoever gets pinned with its theft. A man, in order to clear up the legal claims against the company he has bought, must travel to a desolate island accessible only by plane. He charters the wrong plane with the wrong pilot to the wrong place. All in all, he embarks on a bad trip.
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.
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