Film: Jason Bourne

GENRE: Action

RATING: PG-13 for violence and brief language
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 3 minutes

STARRING: Matt Damon (Bourne series, The Martian, The Departed)

Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive), Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy & Ultimatum)

WRITERS: Greengrass (United 93) & Christopher Rouse (newcomer)

PLOT: Bourne tries to uncover even more about his past, this time there is a connection to his father.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I really enjoyed the Bourne trilogy. The Renner one was pretty good too if I remember.  

STORY STUFF: The story is becoming a little too predictable with this series. Bourne tries to uncover something from his past, people try to follow him but he manages to elude them, he interacts with females and they mostly just look serious instead of saying stuff, there’s a very destructive and unbelievable car chase and vengeance is usually taken once he finds out the truth. Then he disappears again. But even with all this formulaic writing, it’s still a fun time at the movies.   

ACTING STUFF: Lots of serious looks from everyone. Damon looks a lot older as Bourne now, but still pulls it off. Tommy Lee Jones is always a treat to watch with his trademark gruffness. Vikander is a nice addition and it was nice to see Julia Stiles again (I think she had more lines in this one than her almost mute performance in Ultimatum.)  I was surprised to see Riz Ahmed as a silicon valley mogul as I have just been watching him in HBO’s awesome The Night Of, where I’m still not sure if he is a murderer or not.

ARTISTIC STUFF: Loads of action sequences. It’s Greengrass, so the camera shakes a lot. I was surprised that they were able to shoot a big car chase on the Las Vegas strip. Not much else to mention.

VERDICT: Three stars out of five

SEE IT IF: You like the Bourne franchise.

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