[Adam White]

I was dragged to the movie by friends and fully expected to not like it - I hated the first movie.

I was pleasantly surprised.

If you see it in the theaters, be warned that the camera will give you motion sickness in some of the chase scenes - it kind of makes it hard for me to evaluate them against Ronin, or even Bullitt. I'll have to see it on a smaller screen to actually take it all in.

I think the fight scenes were also much better done than in the first - but the camera got annoying there as well.

I read the books several years ago - they have their own share of flaws, so I never tried to compare them. This one was a good action movie that stands out in its own right and did a good job in integrating modern technologies to the concept - though it sometimes seemed a bit far-fetched (but never to the James Bond extreme).

Quite possibly the best action flick I've seen in the theaters all year - but then again, I've seen some doozies.