good entertainment, but don't expect much more

Rating: Null/10 (25 August 2002)

This is one of those movies where your perception is shaped by your expectations. I went in simply to see Matt Damon in an action film, so my only disappointment was that fact that I kept feeling like something was missing. In adapting the story from the book, a number of plot lines had to be updated (the book is copyright 1980) or removed entirely in order to make it a more "modern" film. My main gripe: In the adaptation process, Marie St. Jacques (Franka Potente) was transformed from a very strong lead female character to a supporting character whose only conceivable reason for being female was to act as a love interest.