ok wait.....
The real scoop. What I just published was true. It's a taut thriller, sure, but with predictable re-runs of plot. Great acting as usual, yes. Tense scenes that you like to watch because they are...well...tense, and I'm an adrenaline junkie when it comes to tense films.
But honestly, the story hinges on a (person - don't want to spoil it for you here) inside the CIA that has stuff to hide. Ok, been there, done that. Went to great extent to hide the crud. And Denzel went to a great extent too!...in his butt no less (no, it's not what you think).
So ok, this is really exciting to watch. I almost said "fun" but that's "fun" as in thrill ride, not as in "happy". This film joins the Borne Identity trilogy, but as a one-off, and no way for a sequel. Nothing more to discover. Bad guy dies. End of trail. Also, girl beautiful adds human interest and motive, depth, though only surface, to Reynolds' character. Borne was kind of like that, until she died in that film. After that, it was revenge.
The allusion to a Wiki-Leaks kind of ending is interesting, and up to date, sure, giving some indication that the producer is information "open-source". So there is this pseudo-satisfaction kind of conclusion I suppose, but weak, considering the body count. One of the main characters does get to "explain" that to us near the end, a justification for hiding the trail of tears (about 300 documents worth lots of supposed cash that I did not understand who was purchasing the entire time the plot was thickening).
Summary: lots of action, fast, blood, thrill...nolo contend-re on substance.
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