By Vic Holtreman

Short version: A definitive action/spy movie with a cool lead character and a plot that won’t insult your intelligence.

In preparation for the release of the upcoming film The Bourne Supremacy I decided to sit down and have another look at The Bourne Identity. I have to say that the second film in this series has a lot to live up to.

Bourne Identity opens with our unidentified protagonist afloat in the Mediterranean, presumably dead. He is picked up (unconscious) by a fishing boat where immediately it’s apparant that he is not just a regular shmoe. The closest the boat has to a doctor pulls bullets out of our mystery man’s back, as well as an implanted capsule containing what seems to be a bank account number saved in a rather ingenious way. Mystery man (Matt Damon) awakens briefly, groggy but immediately aggressively defensive, and it’s divulged that he does not know who he is.

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By Vic Holtreman

Short version: Better than the original on most every level.

So I’m a little late to the Spidey 2 party, what can I say? Life gets in the way, and being out of my teens and twenties, I’m over the “stand in line the night before the big blockbuster movie premieres” syndrome.

Ok, so I even did that in my thirties, but The Phantom Menace cured me of that forever. On to the review….

If I were one to give movies ratings, which I generally don’t, I’d have to give Spiderman 2 five stars out of a possible four. It was incredible, not just as a superhero movie, but against any action/adventure film. (No, it’s not Citizen Kane, all right?)

I went in with high expectations due to all the positive buzz, and I was not disappointed. Spiderman 2 grabbed me right from the opening credits, where an overview of the first movie was shown via a combination of live action shots and Alex Ross renderings. It was a great refresher to prepare us for what was ahead.

By Vic Holtreman

Short version: Just go SEE it!

Let’s just get this out of the way: Return of the King was awesome.

There, I’ve said it. Now we can move o?n….

First thing you need to know is that if your date takes too long to get ready, then you hit traffic o?n the way to the theater, and your date annoys you again by wanting to stand in line for popcorn….. it’s OK. Why? Because if you miss the first 30 or 40 minutes it’s not that big a deal.