Good action, weak script

Rating: 2/10 (2 August 2002)

This is one of those classic spy thriller movies, except Bourne is not really a spy.
What is he? I really don't know.
This film is well directed and the actors doing a good job.
I'm a fan of Matt Damon but I'm afraid that this film won't do much for his career. He should have picked a better script. No offence to the book though, as it could only be better than the script. I'll read it later.
If you like car chases, stunts and action scenes you will like this film. However, I don't enjoy the chase just for the sake of it. Too little background information is given. The storyline remains vague.

Bourne fails to shoot the African dictator in exile because his children are hanging about. How unbelievable is this for an highly trained "better than James Bond" type of agent. Think, terrorists have children too, does this make them an illegitimate target? Where is the rest of the story?
The idea about an agent recovering from amnesia sounds really interesting to me, it's just too sad that in this film the whole storyline never recovers from it.