some big question marks

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 2002)

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Aside from being a spectacularly average movie, there were a few parts of the movie that gave me pause. For instance, Matt Damon went to the train station to hide his bag (launching the big chase scene), but it appears throughout the rest of the movie. I can't imagine Mr. SuperSpy just went back and got it from a place the cops would be watching.
Also, the whole "what kind of person has two bullet holes in his back, microfilm implanted in his hip, a secret Swiss Bank account with fake passports and bundles of cash, and knows tons of cool secret agent stuff" brooding in the first third of the movie made me feel that maybe ol' Jason Bourne wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer (I ask you, what kind of person?). Um, gee Jason, I don't know. An English Professor? A dairy farmer? What kind of short list did you come up with? ("I think I'm in shipping") And then the girlfriend was shocked, shocked! to learn that he's a government assassin! What did you think, honey, after he disarmed the man with the machine gun and had a kung-fu duel with him and then knew how to wipe down the car they just eluded the police in?
I did dig how Matt Damon was initially surprised at his skills, looking incredulous after his instincts kicked and he hospitalized two cops and after the big car chase. Nice touch.
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Overall, I'd say 3 out of 5 for some nice acting, some nice writing, and going to the matinee did get me out of the heat for a couple of hours. But nothing spectacular.