Entertaining, but no more.

Rating: 6/10 (25 September 2002)

The film was quite entertaining but didn't really carry itself off as a genuine blockbuster - which I'm assuming it was selling itself as. Matt Damon cut his teeth well in the action hero role and I think we'll be seeing more of him in this respect. The plot was thin, to say the least and it almost turned into a road movie more than anything else. At the start when the premise was being set-up there was enough to keep me interested but the middle section seemed to run out of steam. The last bit didn't really feel like a ending at all, but went with the film. I feel that the film tried to be too many genres at once; at some points emotional, at others an action film and sometimes a thriller type affair. The pastiche doesn't work however and given a two hours rewind in time and this knowledge, I wouldn't go and see the film.