This is the fifth screen outing for Bourne, which started in 2002 with Matt Damon in the lead role. (There was a minor television version with Richard Chamberlain in the 1980s.) There was also a Damon less Bourne movie, ‘The Bourne Legacy’ in 2012, which didn’t light up the box office.
‘Jason Bourne’ – the movie – features the return appearance of Matt Damon, who is also credited as producer. ‘Jason Bourne’ is directed by Paul Greengrass, who looked after two of the former Bourne movies, which starred Damon.
In this movie, Bourne is back from beyond the grid, showing that neither age nor the CIA has caught up with him. However the CIA keep on trying, this time led by Robert Dewey, played by Oscar winner, Tommy Lee Jones.
The movie also marks the return of the Nicky Parson, played by Julia Stiles. Nicky finds Bourne living a day to day existence, and trying to forget his past in Greece. Nicky brings Jason information on his past, involving his father, and also news of people trying to expose the work that he did with the shadowy group, Treadstone for the CIA in a different time.
Later on, Jason is befriended by rookie CIA agent, Heather Lee, played by Alicia Vikander, who plans to bring him home safely to the CIA with exoneration. But Dewey has other ideas and plans.
There is much action in ‘Jason Bourne’, with locations from Greece, Europe, the UK and the USA. There isn’t as much action jumping across tall buildings, but there are some hairy car-chases, with lives hanging in the balance. Much of the modern world is highlighted in the movie such as talk about Edward Snowden and riots in Greece.
Matt Damon is his usual good self, but a better script would have got more out of Tommy Lee Jones, writes David Flynn.
Julia Stiles stole the early scenes that she appeared in from Matt Damon.
The storyline is not up to the standard of the earlier Bourne movies but it’s worth a watch anyway.
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