The “Jason Bourne” star opened up about his hectic work schedule during an appearance on the “Today” show on Thursday. Recent Academy Award victor Alicia Vikander is wonderful as the intelligent but mysterious cybersecurity agent, while Tommy Lee Jones is ideal as the devious Central Intelligence Agency director.
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Set several years after The Bourne Ultimatum, we now get Bourne fully recovered from his amnesia and not liking himself too much.
Most who have seen Jason Bourne already love it and are all ready to add the Jason Bourne DVD to their collection and to complete the quintet of films.
Oh Bourne, how we’ve missed you.
This time, Treadstone’s former logistics technician Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) comes to Bourne’s aid after she uncovers the shocking truth behind the “black-ops” program that turned Jason aka David Webb into CIA’s prime, one-man killing machine.
Damon sat down with Entertainment Weekly Radio’s Jessica Shaw to discuss the new film after a nine-year hiatus from the big screen.
The real asset of this action franchise has always been Matt Damon, whose return to the title role of the amnesiac ex-CIA assassin is an occasion both for celebration and perhaps undue expectations.
“I was skeptical there was one to be done, I was skeptical I wanted to do it and I was skeptical it would hold up with the others”, the director recently told The Times. Granted, they were good looking socks, but they were still socks.
Intellectually smart, this gritty spy film continues seamlessly from The Bourne Ultimatum and, en route, completely bypasses the blip of Jeremy Renner’s unconvincing The Bourne Legacy. This film, though, proves we do not need Bourne again.
What the Jason Bourne character means for him: When I think about this character, I’m just incredibly grateful. It’s a disappointing, but I can only give Jason Bourne a C.
Jason Bourne is one of the Hollywood flick with more twists and turns and includes more action drama in the film.
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The first Bourne Identity film, which came out 16 years ago, was a revelation. If you have seen any of the previous Bourne films (check out our retrospective on all the films), not only do you know his name, but you know this movie as well.
