The movie does hold up from a technical perspective, at least depending on one's tolerance for Greengrass' and Cinematographer BarryĪckroyd's nonstop shaky cam and incessant toggling of the zoom switch. They're tiring rather than thrilling as they fruitlessly hope toĭazzle viewers by regurgitating all of itĪgain for the millionth time rather than find a new approach to an old idea. Now, movies like Jason Bourne are just late to the party. All of this kind of stuff was novel and unique back when Enemy of the State was introducing audiences to the digital surveillance Like Paul Greengrass can allow it to snowball into one giant pile of derivative repetition. It's frankly almost baffling how a movie this mundane can get made, and how a sharp Car chases are bigĪnd loud but.they're just more Hollywood car chases. Shaky handheld cameras are meant to introduce both personalization and intensity to a scene. Ground speak into concealed microphones in urgent, hushed whispers about being in position and spotting the target. The action from a million computer screens, barking out orders to zoom in, rewind, whatever it takes to catch their man remotely. Truth, turning to the core of who he is to get by, even as he tries to escape from it. The movie introduces Bourne as an underground fighter meant to compliment his strengthĪnd define his character's lost soul and quest It seems like every theme has been explored and every action in support of those themes has been carried out in some formįashion. It's a sad fact that, generally speaking, there's precious little opportunity for unique storytelling anymore. As they try to escape from the all-seeing eyes of the world around them, the CIA's Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones)Īnd Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander) make him their top target, all the while he's tracked by an old nemesis with a personal grudge. She's also uncovered a number of truths about Bourne's past and his father's life and work in the agency. Meanwhile, Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) has hacked the CIA and is threatening to release its dirty laundry onto the While Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has recovered his memory, he's living in seclusion and only doing what he can to stay alive and stay ahead of Movie plays out on cruise control, failing to find any spirit or creativity, content to unravel the Jason Bourne mystery a little further but paying noĭizzying sense of repetition that courses through it. Returning to the franchise for the third time, keeps the film in motion but never takes the audience anywhere it hasn't been before. The move against an army of digital surveillance equipment and the people operating it in the field and behind the scenes. It's all frenzy and no freshness, a movie that's essentially one long chase sequence that once again puts a man on
The succinctly, but appropriately, titled Jason Bourne is a victim The much ballyhooed return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne is an unwieldy, trite, and tiresome movie that places it in a classĪ notch or two below any of the films in Damon's previous Bourne trilogy. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, November 23, 2016
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