Recently saw this movie and I was shocked to the extent that I didn’t recognise Matt Damon in this movie.
I mean, of course I knew it was Matt Damon. But usually Matt Damon is one of those actors who doesn’t entirely disappear into his roles. He is a great actor, but I’m always like “oh yeah that’s Matt Damon - that’s his charm, his cadence, his vibe”. It is rare that I ever not think of him as Matt Damon in a movie.
But in this movie, it was the first time I was utterly shaken by a character he played and fully understood him as a separate entity from the usual Matt we see in movies. The way he mixes an insecure, queer vulnerability with almost desperate, yet ice cold cunning and violence - I’ve never seen him like this. It is truly a performance that stands out from his other roles. And it was probably the only time I both reviled and feared him in a movie. Just great all around.