Bourne to be wild....

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2004)

I'm going to go see this movie again. This time, I'm going to actually count the number of cars that get wrecked in the process because the first time through, I really did lose count after the first 20 minutes. That's probably because, as thrillers go, this one is really pretty thrilling. And Matt Damon might just be the most darling boy to stare into a camera since Cary Grant. His little boy looks, his determined charm and the way he can wallop all adversaries is so much fun to watch that it's actually possible to forget that the plot of every "Bourne" movie tends to get lost in the action -- and in car body count. Leaving a trail of dead bodies, dead engines and broken windows behind, this Bourne-again movie is mesmerizing in its fast-forward style action. Barely has Jason eluded one enemy than another slinks in. The human body count rises as he races through every grim European city imaginable (except Helsinki I think) without the sun breaking through a single cloud and without a decent night's sleep. (In fact, in the course of the film, I became obsessed with the idea that this guy hadn't gotten a more than a catnap in 6 countries.) By willingly suspending disbelief for almost two hours, it's possible to thoroughly indulge in this often exhilarating, often exhausting film. At its conclusion, the "Bourne Supremacy" gives movie fans what they're all too often cheated of: Satisfaction. And a good, albeit, rocky ride.