Set of three films based on the character of Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon, which are; The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum.
The Bourne Identity is the most thoughtful and well executed film I have seen in a long time and has shot right up to one of our favourites together with the theme music and Matt Damon himself. (welcome to the elite Matt) The other two films therefore are a continuation of his struggle against the secret agency that hired him in the beginning that insist on tying loose ends and finishing him off! But really because we cannot get enough of Jason Bourne.
In the beginning, in The Bourne Identity, he is a special agent with all the training but has lost his memory on a mission and he is left for dead floating at sea. He is rescued and sets off on a quest to find out who he really is and what he was doing when he got “killed” as he still has all his training and faculties in place together with the help of a young lady. The identity thing is an unusual crisis for a secret agent film, there are many flashbacks and he has some information in the form of passports from all different nations with different identities and a bag of goodies to help him get want he needs. He is able to use his ingenuity to slip out of a country and into another one and piece it all together while at the same time evading his own mortality as the agency want him destroyed. He has to be resourceful, cunning, clever, and determined. Matt Damon owns this part there is no doubt about it! He is Bourne. He is our action man. We liked the interaction with the female he is in league with in this film as his character was more real and vulnerable with her around to worry about.
The Bourne Supremacy starts where the Bourne Identity left us, “You tell them Jason Bourne is dead. I swear to God if I even feel somebody behind me, there is no measure to how hard and how fast I will bring this fight to your doorstep.” and we learn more about the initial team and what he was trained to do. There is a new director for this film who also directs the Bourne Ultimatum after it and it seems that the camera man is actually running with the camera and you are forced to look at what he is looking at which tends to make me sick. There is a lot of chasing and fighting in this film and not so much careful thought gone into the plot so all round without a girlie to look after too much giddy camera and too much whacking it did not rate as highly as the first film.
The Bourne Ultimatum claws back it’s acclaim as careful thought has gone into the storytelling. So once again I am back on the edge of the sofa praying that he escapes by the skin of his teeth. I loved the twists in the story. I did get all excited and I did punch the air (very rare I can assure you). There were roof-top chases which were well choreographed scenes. Next time I go into a packed railway station I will be looking out for the places I can hide and the things I can do to avoid detection (nah not really, tempting though it is). We love you in this movie Matt Damon and we were singing the theme with the credits and wondering if you will ever come back again in the future?
IMDB The Bourne Identity
IMDB The Bourne Supremacy
IMDB The Bourne Ultimatum
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Rating 9.0/10
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