Seems like the dreaded formula managers got hold of this sequel

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2005)

I had the appropriate expectation: hope. And the right feelings: affection for the characters, respect and admiration for the actors, but the plot, erk! As i watched the story devolve into something we've all seen before,,,,,,and before that, etc. I kept watching, can't leave my hero in such desperate straits, right?
Things that disappointed (in no particular order and perhaps not a full list:
The last car chase was all too familiar; (attempting to top most car chases I suppose).
Spoiler Alert: Having Bourne limping and shot at the end, etc...., I kept thinking, it really isn't necessary to have him get quite so beat up; yes, he would not have come through all that unscathed, but there's another point: why so much to come through? This is after all, fiction.
More Spoiler: Killing Franka Potente's character.... way too predictable and a good way to take some heart out of the story. Not imaginative.
The B. Identity plot seemed deft in its ability to move around and away from the predictable.
In this film, I wonder if there wasn't too much emphasis on making it "real." Discussions in which the phrase, "he (they, she) wouldn't do that!" was spoken with true conviction. That phrase, while very valuable I'm sure, tends to take one away from the mythic. I don't want what you or I or your cousin would really do.
aRggh
I give it a 6 because I'm a softy. However, if you liked this one better, I'll look for you, respectfully, at the comic book rack.
Sorry....