Bourne Inferiority

Rating: 3/10 (31 July 2004)

I loved the first film, but this one is a mere shell of its predecessor. The story is forced -- the way the first ended, why couldn't we just have the bad CIA guys keep chasing after Bourne? Instead, there's an unnecessarily convoluted plot involving another conveniently placed lost memory. And when the truth comes out, it's neither surprising nor interesting. There's also little humanity in the characters to care about; they're all just flat, CIA-type caricatures, and without his girlfriend, Bourne is flat and uninvolving. Even the action is weak and by-the-numbers (except for a car chase near the end). Overall, it's just a boring mess that drags on entirely too long. If this was the first of the series, there would never have been a second.