Random Violence

Rating: 6/10 (5 November 2008)

Robert Ludlum is, for me, unreadable. He writes techno-thrillers burdened down less by real thrills than by boring compilations of weapons specifications. Movies made from his books are, for me, only slightly more interesting. This was my first Bourne picture. The scenery -- Madrid, Tangier, even Manhattan -- was pretty. The action sequences were repetitive, unbelievable, predictable in their outcomes, and randomly violent. The characterizations and plot development were missing in action.
Black operations surely exist within the U.S. government run by pointed headed bureaucrats who truly believe that, by skirting the law and the bounds of moral decency, they are saving the Republic. The tables are turned in this movie, arrests are made, and Congress launches a public investigation. How unrealistic can a film-maker get?