Best Non-Bond Bond Film

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2014)

The best Bond film that isn't a Bond film. If they gave James Bond amnesia and let him kick all sorts of a** on anyone coming after him, you'd get this edge-of-your-seat thriller. Matt Damon is excellent as the assassin turned memory-lapsed protagonist who is trying to piece together who he is while trying to avoid multiple factions who are working to take him out before he solves the puzzle. There's spy intrigue, politics, lots of action and a fair amount of violence, a dark governmental department overseer, more assassins and a romantic entanglement, all in just under 2 hours. Highly recommended if you're into action/adventure, as good now as it was when it came out 12 years ago. 9/10