Jason Bourne Reviews

To be honest, I'm not really sure what to make of this movie. In fact, I think I will need to re-watch it again to make up my mind for good about the damned thing. On the other hand, as my wife pointed out after we watched it together, maybe, I shoudn't spend too much time on this and move on. Anyway, basically, Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass were at the time pretty vocal about the fact that they were done with this franchise and the only reason that they might come back was if they were provided a great script. So, after 10 long years, they were back in the game, so you might assume that it would be to tell us a fascinating story. Well, to be honest, even though it turned out to be a decent watch, it wasn't really much more than that. I mean, I really liked the realistic approach they took which has always been a trademark in this franchise and it was fairly entertaining but it never really impressed me. The first thing that bothered me was how on Earth did Nicky Parsons manage to find Jason Bourne? The way they met felt seriously random. You could argue that they kept in touch through all these years but how? If they did, it is difficult to believe that the CIA wouldn't have intercepted any of these communications as Bourne was one of the Most Wanted Men on earth. On top of that, I understand they always tried to link Bourne to a nice young lady and it worked fine with Franka Potente and Julia Stiles but I'm afraid it didn't really work with Alicia Vikander. I mean, she looked lovely and she gave a decent performance but she was at least 10 years too young to play this character. Furthermore, her whole plan of bringing back Bourne was rather preposterous. I mean, the guy has been on the run for more than a decade, killing numerous assets, compromizing some highly classified information and the agency would hire him again? I don't think so. Same thing for Bourne, actually. They have chased and tried to kill him for so many years, why on earth would he decide to work for them again? And yet, in spite of these flaws, I still think it is worth a look, even if it is pretty clear that it was in fact a rather useless sequel. 

So the Bourne saga continues with the return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne. Even Paul Greengrass has returned to write and direct. This is the writing debut for Christopher Rouse. Too bad Jeremy Renner isn't also in this. I really like that Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, and Riz Ahmed have joined in this sequel. Ah it starts off with a little bit of a flashback which definitely works considering how long it has been since even the third film. The ending was good and fitting. While it's great seeing Jason Bourne again the action is much different. There is nothing wrong with it of course, but he isn't as fluid as he used to be. Maybe it's part of aging. Tommy Lee Jones and Vincent Cassel were amazing as usual. I simply adore Alicia Vikander and thought she was fantastic. There were some great moments I didn't expect to happen the way they did. It's not really a twist filled movie or at least I thought things were pretty clear. The second car chase was insane and probably one of the cooler action scenes of the whole thing. Besides the whole conspiracy scenario it didn't feel a whole lot like the first three. I do think it was a pretty good entry in the series though. It's definitely worth a watch.