Fascinating Drama and Suspense, So-So Action

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2009)

If you were fished out of the water with bullets in your back and a Swiss bank account number in you hip, and no memory of anything about your life, what would you think and do? As a drama, this is quite good. The audience is along for the ride as our main character is trying to find out who he is, and we are trying to decide whether we are supposed to like him or hate him. As a matter of fact, this story has the audience guessing about ALL of the characters! The cat-and mouse game is the real tension creator.
The action was kept more personal, and I was very impressed to learn that Matt Damon had no prior martial arts training. Unfortunately for me, most of the action scenes were so predictable that they were boring.
This is a prerequisite for the "Borne Supremacy", the best of the trilogy. (Oh and Julia Stiles is NOT the girlfriend!)