Hugely disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (23 September 2004)

Having enjoyed the first one so much, I was really disappointed with this film. Matt Damon is fine but he is not given much to work with. The action/fight sequences are enjoyable and Brain Cox is as reliable as ever.
My main problem with the film, however, was the terrible underlying story (a very flimsy premise), the excessive use of documentary camera-work (i.e. shaky and nausea-inducing), the constant cutaways in a vain attempt to create tension and one of the dullest car chases ever in a recent movie.
The first film leaves me with enough goodwill to want to see another Bourne installment, but not if it's with the same director.