almost, almost as good.................

Rating: 7/10 (17 August 2004)

One of the reasons that I enjoyed the bourne identity (ident.) was because I expected little and was given so much. This time in the bourne supremacy (suprm.) the movie would have been better if were less. More to the point less camera movement and less action. The pacing of the of ident. was perfect. The down time worked well with the more intense sections. The suprm.'s constant camera movement and action had me wishing for the remote. Without giving away the plot, the lack of a certain element is what gave the ident. the perfect balance.
But thankfully it doesn't ruin the movie. The strengths of ident. are still there. The great locations, exposing you to varied exotic sites, the great cast and the well executed action sequences. Since the end of the cold war, there is have been a great lack of espionage international type thrillers. Let's hope their is a third movie in the bourne series. More like the original.