An Assassin with Compassion

Rating: 6/10 (21 April 2007)

On the male scale, this movie rates very high. There is plenty of action, violence, killing, and a girl (although there was no token nudity). This was just the kind of movie I could sink my teeth into, but I found the taste of it off just a bit. As amazing as Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) was, I simply wasn't behind his character 100%. It is one thing for a random individual to pull off one miraculous escape plan after another, and artistically kill one bad guy after another; but it is entirely different when a character that you love or genuinely sympathize with is performing the same feats. I think that Bourne was just a little to mechanical and lacked charisma or a distinguishing personality which added up to indifference on my part towards his plight. Now, it may be said, "That's what makes him an excellent assassin," and I would agree, but in this particular case, where he was the hunted not the hunter, I was expecting a bit more as far as emotions or even fallibility.
Of course the more interesting part of the movie is when we find out why Bourne is on the run and why he didn't kill his target before he lost his memory. In fact he was a hit-man with a heart even though we see none of that until late. Still, it was a good movie, I just didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped.