Good movie hurt by camera use and editing

Rating: 7/10 (23 July 2004)

The story is tight, the action almost non-stop and the acting adequate to the job. As we follow Bourne around the world chasing and being chased, there's almost never a dull moment.
Unfortunately, Paul Greengrass (the director) seems to believe that not only should you shake the camera to generate excitement, but you should also cut very quickly all the time - I felt like he thought that if he could squeeze five cuts into one second, he'd win a prize.
Often, I just tried to block out the visual noise while awaiting the outcome of a given action sequence when the shaking and cutting get really extreme. And there are a lot of action sequences.
Too bad, really, because it took a movie that I would have given a "9" based on story and acting and dropped it to a "7". Anyone prone to motion-sickness from movies should beware.