Bring Dramamine

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2004)

Having the camera shake violently throughout every action scene truly spoils this otherwise decent thriller (much as loud surprising sounds used in lieu of actual drama in bad horror flicks). Curious, because there's plenty of excitement here, if only one could bring it into focus. I became increasingly annoyed by the unrelenting lurching, until I realized it looked like "subspace turbulence" from the 1960's Star Trek, then I found it somewhat amusing (perhaps not the effect they were going for). Just as in the first film, not much of the story is from Ludlum's novel, though maybe that's not such a bad thing - you can enjoy both the book and the movie, since they're not too closely related. Bring your Dramamine/Bonine, sit in the back, and you'll probably enjoy Matt Damon's hairbreadth escapes.