The wait for the return of Jason Bourne to the big screen is finally over, but does the latest installment live up to its predecessors? Back in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency director (Tommy Lee Jones) directs all his resources toward eliminating Bourne now that he has resurfaced.
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In 2004, they released The Bourne Supremacy, which Paul Greengrass directed, and three years later, The Bourne Ultimatum, another Paul Greengrass effort.
Matt Damon and Julia Stiles in “Jason Bourne”.
This fourth instalment in the Jason Bourne film canon definitely isn’t the best of the series – but still offers up action fare a cut above most entries in the genre. She’s a genius and hot on Bourne’s trail, too – but she doesn’t exactly see eye-to-eye with Dewey. “Jason Bourne” is back, with a sack full of fuzzy memories and furious fists.
Meanwhile, CIA Director Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones) and his protege Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander) clash on how to handle Bourne’s resurfacing – he wants Bourne dead, she thinks he can be re-recruited.
Of course, now that he and Greengrass are back in action, questions are swirling about whether they’ll make another Bourne movie together.
As the film opens, our hero (Matt Damon) is off the grid somewhere in Greece, making his living as a bare-knuckle brawler.
CES is huge. One thing the movie gets right at its fake trade show is the crowd: CES attracts 170,000 people, but luckily Bourne is super-skilled at walking quickly through throngs of people. Granted, they were good looking socks, but they were still socks. Actor Jeremy Renner stepped in to continue the series, starring in 2012’s The Bourne Legacy as Aaron Cross. When an old ally returns to the fold with information about his past, along with a revelation about his father, Bourne is active once again. The movie goes from 90 miles per hour to 0 way too fast and way too often.
Jason Bourne packs some great cinematography and a killer soundtrack which both help make up for the fact that in places it gets a bit boring and confusing.
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It’s a amusing thing watching a trailer for a Bourne movie as the appeal is always the mystery in addition to the action. “Paul said early on, that Jason Bourne couldn’t look like he has lived well these past 10 years”.
