A movie that saves the genre

Rating: 8/10 (28 October 2004)

I'm really sick of Bond stupidities and all top-secret-super-human-special-agent crap like Mission impossible and whatnot. And here we have another movie of the same genre that has almost nothing in common with the aforementioned junk. Bourne Supremacy along with its prequel Bourne Identity is polished and professionally made action thriller with thick plot, distinguishable characters, gadgets and more.
The necessary romance is subtle and believable (or the one in Bourne Identity), fight scenes have real and frantic feel to them without demented one-liners, explosions are blissfully devoid of American fireworks I despise so much, the environment is all European which I like even more. Musical score is truly remarkable, one you easily remember and recognize if you hear it again. Many complained on shaky camera work but for me, it was another thing that added to the atmosphere.
The pace of the movie is fast, but I felt that every needed detail was there, I was not able to notice any major logical plot holes or outright nonsense apart from some errors in scene scripts. That's why I liked the movie so much, for me it was pretty much believable as a whole and in the set context.
(Minor spoilers: well, I didn't know they have armored cabs in Moscow, nor do I think the police all over the Europe is so disciplined and perceptive in chasing the fugitive, but as I said, this is nitpicking.)
As a bonus you get one of the most memorable car chases out there... This movie is in my opinion real accomplishment and it's kinda good there are so few of them because these are the ones that define the quality in its genre.
And one more thing: Supremacy though it is a sequel is not notably worse compared to its predecessor which is surely a good thing. 8/10