The fight scenes never have a tiresome moment and Damon does a great job of portraying the character of Bourne.
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And yet, not all reviewers are giving the duo a warm welcome, even as they praise their previous work. But it should have been obvious to all parties involved that people generally want Jason Bourne in a Jason Bourne movie, hence Jason Bourne, which hits theaters on Friday and brings Damon’s character back into the secret agent fold. In the meantime, check out a sampling of early reviews below.
Following mid-July premiere screenings in the UK, France and USA, Jason Bourne follows on from a July 27 debut in the UK, Ireland, South Korea and the Philippines with global openings throughout the week: from July 28 in Brazil, Hong Kong, Israel, the Netherlands, Singapore and more, and from July 29 in the United States and Canada, Spain, Vietnam and others. This life is disrupted, however, when Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) comes back into his world, having hacked into the Central Intelligence Agency and discovered something new and important about the Treadstone program: it was actually created by Jason Bourne’s father (bum bum BUM!). Yet almost a decade later, he and director Paul Greengrass have reunited for this belated sequel. No matter what you call it, reboot, sequel, rebquel or sequeboot (I’m partial to sequeboot, myself), Jason Bourne gives fans of the original trilogy plenty to enjoy, while showcasing how the title character and this franchise itself can deftly adapt to the times and technology around us now. So in the end, you might as well just watch the slower paced, more informative recap that we were talking about before.
Accelerating forward with supercharged determination, “Jason Bourne”, the fifth installment of the spy action thriller series, might be a muscular and visceral chapter in the “Bourne” saga, but it’s also a familiar collision. The action is incredible, but the movies, overall, are pretty smart.
Damon’s wonderful take on a character that’s searching for the truth in the world of covert espionage has really struck a chord with audiences and, after meeting the man himself, we’re happy to say that the biggest movie star on the planet might also be the nicest man on the planet. With director Paul Greengrass compulsively cutting the nearly incessant action to the absolute bone in his trademark fashion and some solid new characters stirred in, Universal’s franchise refresher should have no problem being re-embraced by longtime series fans nine years on.
She said: “I went straight back to the “Bourne” set and I haven’t been home for eight or nine months”.
The return of Matt Damon and writer/director Paul Greengrass is a soulless, sensually deadening time-suck, like watching a stranger play a video game you used to think was fun while someone vigorously shakes the screen, or perhaps your head. Honestly, you’d be better off doing the same thing.
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Will you be checking out Jason Bourne this weekend?
