SHOOT THE DIRECTOR!

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2004)

good story. good characters. *wretched* hand-held camera technique & editing for the action sequences. There probably isn't a shot longer than 4 seconds in any of the fight or chase scenes, with the average shot being about a second and a half long... combine that with super-wobbly-camera, and you really can't even tell WTF is going on. It's so bad that it really detracts from the film. I remember being so pleasantly surprised by the first one.. by Damon, the direction, the writing... very smart & well presented flick. This one? really let me down... just complete ineptitude behind the camera. Best thing about it? Karl Urban pretty much rules the planet as the Russian hit-man.