Stop the shaky action filming, it sucks

Rating: 6/10 (19 September 2007)

I was really anxious to see this movie. I had seen first two sequels and the preview made my fingers tingle. How disappointing it was to see the errors in the movie and shaky action filming. It could have been so much better. I got nervous when the cameraman showed signs of Parkinson's disease during a simple interview of the journalist with the CIA officer. I had hoped it was only incidental, but that was in vain. It got worse during each action scene. Why the hell do they film it as if the actors have cameras attached to every part of their body? Doesn't the director know what the effect is on a large movie theater screen? And then the errors: you can't simply start an Audi by pulling the wires loose and start it. It's got an immobiliser. It's the same with the motorcycle in Tangiers (no, not the immobiliser, but the wiring harness is under the frame, he does it just as fast as you and me would stick a key in an ignition key). And then the scene where he phones Pam Landy from the opposite empty building. Come on, he did that in the previous movie. No way, he would be able to get away with that a second time. Not even the CIA is that dumb. Even his comment 'you look tired' was used in the previous one. So, eventually, it was a disappointment. Not a bad movie, but certainly not as good as it could have been with a few simple improvements. Well, hopefully, # 4 will be better.