For all their critical accolades, Bourne is their go-to cash cow, much like Tom Cruise and his Mission: Impossible film franchise.
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Matt Damon punches his way back into movie theaters this weekend with Jason Bourne, bringing about the ideal time to revisit the original Bourne trilogy (we’ll pretend the one with Jeremy Renner and “chems” doesn’t exist).
At 45, Damon still makes an agile and physically lethal Bourne who barely seems to have aged, even though it’s nine years since his last outing. It’s bound to entertain fans of the franchise, but it’s definitely not the best.
The fifth installment reunites Damon with director Paul Greengrass, who collaborated on two prior sequels. Joining the cast are Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander and Vincent Cassel.
But he knew what he was in for as he considered taking on the role again, adding: “It was tough, but, at the end of the day it was worth it. (Director) Paul (Greengrass) said to me earlier, “Look, if the movie starts and you look like you’ve been living well, we don’t have a movie”. Following the third film, Damon said he was through with the role, stating that they had taken the character as far as they could.
Here the trailer of Jason Bourne was released few days back on the various social media platforms and on YouTube and the audience really love it. Viewers just goes to the series which was released few years back in the Jason series. The idea here is for us to find out more about Bourne’s past, as he does throughout the movie.
Peter Debruge, Variety: Just as the initial Damon-driven trilogy wrapped up Bourne’s business but left us wanting more, this sequel offers closure even as it entices us with the possibility of his return. It’s clearly why we had that longing when we see him grace the screen again in “Jason Bourne”.
By nearly any measure, the Bourne series has been a big success for the actor, and July 29’s “Jason Bourne” will only add to the series’ legacy. Other welcome faces include Alicia Vikander as a Central Intelligence Agency analyst who has a better bead on Bourne than her superiors; Julia Stiles, in a repeat appearance as the spy’s former contact; and Riz Ahmed as a Silicon Valley billionaire.
Scripted by Greengrass and his writing partner, Christopher Rouse (also the film’s dynamic editor), “Jason Bourne” certainly does that. Fast-forwarding three more years, The Bourne Ultimatum mostly featured Damon donning a black coat as he continued his search for information on his life pre-Operation Treadstone.
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“Jason Bourne” is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief strong language.
