Solid thriller with elements of cold-war spy movies

Rating: 8/10 (23 July 2004)

I liked Bourne Supremacy better than Bourne Identity. Reason being that I loved the book (identity) and hated the way the mellowed the plot by making it a pure hollywood CIA movie. But Supremacy, was much more loosely coupled to its book. And I didnt much like the book anyways.
Its a very fast paced action movie with lots of "new" spy techniques and tactics, and a solid performance by Matt Damon and Brian Cox.
The thing I liked about this movie the most was the return of some of the elements that marked the cold war spy movies. It had a agent gone "rogue",CIA and criminals hunting him down with equal ruthlesness, and after a long time, a Russian Assasin hot on his train, with trademark(of hollywood) stubble and a scowl. It has car chases, fist fights, gadgets everything you need a spy film.
A remarkable thing is the amount darkness in the lead character. He is an assasin and he acts like one. bourne character has been converted to quite a complex character instead of the wronged nice assasin of ludlum books. He kills with cold blood, and cries when he thinks of some times of his life. Same goes for other characters.
All in all, The movie is definitely worth a watch.