A Different Feel For a Spy Movie

Rating: 8/10 (21 January 2003)

The only other spy/assasin movie that I could think of that had close to the same premise was a Long Kiss Goodnight. However, that being said, these movies are nothing alike. The movie takes the spy genre in a different direction. It has action and suspense, yet is character driven unlike XXX, or Bond movies. Matt Damon pulls off the action star thing because he has to acting chops to be believable in the scenes inbetween the action sequences. The aren't that many laughs, although they try for a few, mostly this is a serious movie. And it works well. Good movie.