A feeble attempt...

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2004)

I was reluctant to see this movie having seem the miniseries and wondering how they could possibly condense it further into a two hour film. I finally got around to watching this movie and wasn't impressed.
The action was OK--enough to hold your attention, but Matt Damon and Franka Potente are poor substitutes for Richard Chamberlain and Jacklyn Smith. Damon and Potente either ham it up or display no emotion at all...these are two people who are best seen, but not heard.
And what's the deal with Julia Stiles? What the heck was her role in all this? I never understood that--guess they just needed a young blonde for demographics.