Alistair McLean eat your heart out.

Rating: Null/10 (4 February 2003)

I originally went to see this movie out of sheer boredom and it certainly brightened up my day. Matt Damon is generally not everyones idea of the All Action Hero, but he excells in this movie and quickly becomes very believable as the Deep Cover operative/Assassin. Franka Potente is certainly going to be on many producers wanted list after this extremely competant performance. It made a pleasant change for the action scenes, of which there are many, not to detract from a solid and well thought out story line. The Main character of this spy thriller behaves very much as you might expect and quickly becomes a believable Spy on the Run who fortunately does not have the "Invisible Cars" and "exploding wrist watches" that ruin (For me anyway) other Spy based movies. You will thoroughly enjoy this film as long as you dont go expecting Billion Dollar effects and Exotic locations. This Movie does the job very well with its realistic approach to a Man on the Run. Plenty of Gunfights, Hand to hand and explosions, but always believable. Oh, And there is also a Mini car chase that gives "The Italian Job" a run for its money. Great stuff