Jason Bourne (2016)

Jason Bourne (2016)

6/10

 

Starring

Matt Damon

Tommy Lee Jones

Julia Stiles

Directed by Paul Greengrass

Jason Bourne is a badass—we got that when we went through the first trilogy in the Bourne franchise. Now, he’s back for revenge after learning there’s more to his identity as Bourne than he knew. While watching, I recalled that we already covered this revenge story in the last movie of the trilogy.
This was a totally unnecessary sequel, and it ruined the idea that Bourne had dropped off the grid completely. Add that to the plot, which wasn’t much of a continuation of the third movie in the trilogy, and I found myself sitting through this movie asking, “Why did they decide to wreck this franchise with such a lame plot?”

The movie plot is based on Bourne trying to get closure for his father’s death—something one would think he had already achieved.

The new Jason Bourne movie is the fifth in the franchise and the fourth to star Matt Damon as the titular character, Jason Bourne. It’s based on the character created by writer Robert Ludlum in his Bourne book series.

Now, if you enjoyed the first three Bourne movies—which were great—get ready for more of the same. The movie wasn’t dull, I must say, but after watching the trilogy, I already knew how badass Bourne is. His ability to get out of sticky situations is already stamped in my mind, so seeing him do it numerous times in this movie wasn’t a surprise.
The fight scenes were overshadowed by the high-speed chases and the endless backstabbing within the CIA, ensuring that the only way to stay excited during this movie is if you’re already pumped with sugar before sitting down in the cinema.

In this movie, we see Bourne taking part in illegal fighting rings to make a living.

Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) hacks into the CIA's mainframe server to expose more of the agency's black ops programs. She stumbles upon information about Bourne's recruitment into the Treadstone program and discovers that Bourne's father had a major role in it.

She travels to Greece to inform Bourne of what she found (it’s odd that Bourne, who’s supposed to be off the grid, was easily located by her. The strange part isn’t that maybe he told her where he’d be—if that were the case, she would have met him at his apartment).

Parsons’ hack doesn’t go unnoticed by the CIA, who set up a task force to bring her in. When they discover Bourne is involved, the task force isn’t just charged with bringing him in—someone else in the task force is bent on killing him.

I hope this is the last we see of Bourne on screen. If not, I hope his return is based on a better story than the one we were served here.