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The Bourne Supremacy is a fine summer spy flick which shows off why we love exciting man-on-the-run mysteries and also why they are forgettable.

The contradiction between escapist air-conditioned entertainment and smartly executed thriller is happily ignored in this tightly edited film. While there are no substantial characters to speak of, good actors give some few hints that there are real people behind the rather standard plotting.

Best of all, the fact that there are no snappy comebacks during fight scenes or after obligatory killings seems to come as a shock to most people. But a most welcome one indeed.