The kind of old-fashioned thriller movie that's been done so often in Hollywood; you'd swear you've seen every scene countless times before.

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2003)

This new adaptation of Robert Ludlum's reasonably famous book as a vehicle for Matt Damon might work for you if you were born yesterday, otherwise it's all going to be overtly familiar stuff. As for Damon in the lead, he's adequate at best in what's basically a mechanical character. Franka Potenta is well cast as Matt's love interest, but again, it's a one-dimensional, sex-interest role. It's all bleak and austere and could have benefitted from a dose of humor or dark wit. The director should have studied Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST for a little inspiration. Too late the hero.