![]() Jason Bourne has all of the above – and takes those things to another level of WTF-ery. ![]() The casting couldn’t be any more perfect.Įach installment of the Bourne franchise has plenty of car chases, bone-breaking fight scenes, sniper-shooting-in-a-crowd moments, intense texting, attempts at negotiating via a phone call, and lots of aggressive speed-walking with intent through a hallway and/or train station. He’s basically the stubborn man that has been at his job for 50 years who wants everything to be the same and isn’t open to new ideas. And as much as I miss Pam Landy, Jones as crotchety CIA director Dewey was a delight. Academy Award-winning Vikander brilliantly manages to convey conflict through the emotionless face of agent Lee while rocking a CIA-style pantsuit. As entertaining as that is, there’s only so much you can take of him using unlikely weapons (remember when he fought that one dude with a book in Ultimatum?) to slay a gaggle of faceless henchmen.ĭamon steps back into the shoes of Bourne after nine years without missing a beat and Stiles as Parsons does the same. Otherwise, we are just going through the same ol’ motions of Bourne killing dudes and asking “Who am I?! Who am I?!” as if he is Jean Valjean. The story of Bourne’s relationship with his father and his connection with Treadstone adds a new layer to the narrative, making him an even more messed up and complex character - and he needed that. Together, they serve as two paddles of a defibrillator to jolt some life back into the series which nearly died with Legacy (again, sorry Renner). If you haven’t noticed already, the landscape of summer blockbusters and action flicks has left audiences (mainly me) unimpressed and bored, but this reunion of Damon and director Paul Greengrass (who directed Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum) was exactly what this franchise needed to make it exciting again. The studio can rest easy because they deserve a pat on the back for this one. This could have been for one of two reasons: 1.) the movie is so awesome that Universal figures that the Bourne brand and Damon’s face would sell it with no problem or 2.) the studio is insecure and is holding back promotional push because they don’t think the movie will do well. ![]() Besides bus stop ads and billboards, the biggest publicity push for the movie was Lena Dunham’s concerns about the guns on the posters. There hasn’t been much of a marketing push or a hype for Jason Bourne in the dates leading up to the movie’s release. All of this and more is efficiently established in the first 10-15 minutes which leaves room for a pulse-racing, shaky cam thrill ride that gives a dizzying rush unlike any other action flick of the summer. That said, he solicits the help of another assassin known as the “Asset” (Vincent Cassel) - who may or may not have a connection to Bourne - to take him out. While Lee thinks they should catch Bourne like a Pokemon and recondition him, Dewey just wants him dead - but doesn’t say it so directly. ![]() Considering Bourne is the CIA’s big white whale, Dewey wants him dead and Nicky basically led them to him (nice job, Nicky). They reunite in the perfect place for friends to reunite: a massive, molotov cocktail-filled political protest in Greece.īut while reconnecting, CIA Director Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones) and cyber-savvy agent Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander) have discovered that Nicky has hacked into their system (“It’s worse than Snowden,” an agent says) and that she is connected to Bourne. She also discovers information about Bourne (né David Webb) and his father that she thinks he should know. Meanwhile, his homegirl Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) is doing her hacking thing in Iceland and digs up some dirt on a new and more duplicitous program similar to Treadstone, which made Bourne into a killing machine. ![]() Set several years after the events of The Bourne Ultimatum, we see that Bourne (Matt Damon) is wandering the world and living his life as a street fighter - because “forgetful assassin” doesn’t really read well on a resume. JASON BOURNE cuts deep into the titular character’s past, awakening some daddy issues and giving a much-needed injection of adrenaline to the franchise’s fifth installment after the very forgettable Bourne Legacy (sorry, Jeremy Renner). Everyone’s favorite amnesiac assassin is back and this time, it’s personal. ![]()
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