Efficiency

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2003)

I sat at the big screen to watch TBI with the only initial condition of hating that wormy Mr. Ripley role by Damon which, otherwise, gave me the feeling of this guy making serious improvements in his acting. No doubt, I verified this fact in TBI.
Belmondo meets Bond meets Nikita. Wonderful settings (Paris and other locations in Western Europe) host very surprising, realistic and tense action scenes (forget the Seagal-Van Damme standards) on a simple but suspenseful plot (sparsely inspired by the book), with a coolest, superb-shaped and overtrained "agent Damon" repelling equally impressive adversaries on his desperate run for the thruth. Franka Potente easily spoils the female directives of the genre with a beautiful raw, casual and nomad-instincful mood which catches you from her very first appearance, while oscarized Chris Cooper seems not to be -imho- the best choice for a boss in the top secret underworld.
Car chases, expert tricks and fair fight scenes on the European background a-la-Besson are freshly amazing. This movie in a word: efficiency.
8.5/10