Not nearly as good as the original. "OK" overall, but also a bit disappointing and unsatisfying

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2004)

WARNING --- SPOILERS!!! I really loved the first movie in what now seems to be a series. I always like Matt Damon, and I also like the German actress, Franke Potente, and feel we have been seeing far too little of her in Hollywood movies, or at least movies available to us in the English language movie world.
"The Bourne Supremacy" was advertised with the characters played by Matt Damon and Franke Potente diving back into some wacky spy world, danger, thrills, etc. But that was misleading. She gets killed off in the first set piece! I didn't time her screen time in minutes, but it couldn't have been more than 9 or 10 before she dies! She is shot dead in the opening scenes, and the bulk of the movie is without her. Fortunately, at least Julia Stiles' character survives long enough to play a part in the story--- but even that is not really satisfying--- after some dramatic and meaningful action between her character and Damon's, she kind of disappears and is never referred to again-- what actually happens to her? But that's just one of many unanswered questions raised in this rather vague sequel.
Overall, the movie is entertaining, I guess, although more than once I found myself confused by seemingly arbitrary and unexplained developments in the storyline. I was disappointed, and a bit dissatisfied by the whole experience.