Excellent acting, Excellent plot, No action at all.

Rating: 8/10 (28 May 2007)

I rented this film because I like Matt Damon in almost everything else he has done to date. This is a classic example of a "Talkie". It is also an excellent movie in terms of plot, acting, direction, camera work, in short everything that makes film, except one. There is almost NO action at all. Don't misunderstand me, it IS an excellent film but except for a few (very few) assassinations done by others (as ordered by Matt Damon's character), nobody DOES anything except talk, talk, talk. While I fully realize that this is what spy work is actually like in real life (my brother was a military intelligence officer & another relative is in the CIA), the movie would have benefited from more action sequences. The Bourne Identity it is NOT. So, if you enjoy tightly written, extremely well acted, textbook directed movies, then you will like it. If, on the other hand, you like James Bond, or the Bourne films, you will probably be bored to tears. Did I like it? Yes, but I would've given my left arm for just one gunfight, or at least something blowing up.