One can tell is a book adaptation, and that the book is better

Rating: 5/10 (3 April 2007)

Hollywood has done a miserable job (in my opinion) of translating these types of books into movies. I grew up on Tom Clancy novels and have not felt as if any of the movies even came close to my expectations (even with Harrison Ford in them). I have not read the Bourne books but I would have to say that I felt disappointed for those who have. There were some excellent characters and character interactions just waiting to happen. Clive Owen's character had so much potential, but was just unexploited. The fight scenes were not bad and I think Matt Damon did an excellent job and Franka Potente looked great and did a decent job, but the story never came together for me, even though I could tell there was the making of a very good story. Given the first line of dialog of Jason on the ship with the captain I could tell that they were trying to put the struggle of the character in 1 minute of the movie, when it probably made a great part of the book. Granted some books make some good entertaining movies and this one was entertaining, but it felt more like watching a set of cliff notes. The story felt very rushed with little time spent on characters. I loved the location shooting and that really added to the movie. Overall not horrible movie, but nothing special.