Fast walking, fast cutting, fixed faces and exotic destinations

Rating: 1/10 (16 August 2010)

So, this highly acclaimed trilogy pretty much boils down to lots and lots and LOTS of shots of Matt Damon walking, rapid cutting the whole time as if there is actually something happening rather than just lots of walking, and the gimmick of constantly changing destinations and 'local colour'. Matt Damon isn't given much to do other than to look harried but very determined. His face doesn't really need to register anything else, and so doesn't register anything else. There are burst of violence, which seems to be what us as the audience is waiting for. Then the burst of violence is over and it's back to the walking. Of course, I will be told that it's all about surveillance and how anything is possible to the 'intelligence' services, and that we live our lives oblivious when we should just wake up. The thing is, who doesn't know all this already? Take that away, and all that's left is the aforementioned walking, rapid cutting, Tangiers, Paris, Madrid etc to do some more walking. Oh yes, the "plot". He's the result of an experiment, is an incredible fighter but doesn't know who he was before, and is trying to find his way to the source: hence the purposeful walking.