The bourne supremacy 2004 movie movie#
In very typical contemporary Hollywood fashion, it seems to have the popcorn-pleasing philosophy of “The last movie had a great car chase? Let’s just do one longer and louder!” Sigh. The problem is that in between these excellent bookmarks, the action fluff isn’t nearly as engaging as it hopes to be. However, in the words of the song, then it falls apart. In fact, when you consider a couple of key scenes (Bourne frustrated with nightmares at the opening, his confession to a young Russian girl near the end), The Bourne Supremacy could have ‘done an Empire Strikes Back’. He keeps the same cast, uses virtually identical scoring, is fairly flawless when it comes to continuity and the end credits with Moby are an excellent touch.
With regards to the change in directors, the move from Doug Liman to British director Paul Greengrass does offer some positives. Though an early event justifies Bourne being colder and more detached than previously, this means that character development is marignalised in favour of chore-like shaky-camera action sequences.
While The Bourne Identity centered on the fascinating question of who Jason Bourne was and the emotional effect this had on him, the sequel is more concerned with a straightforward revenge plot. After being suddenly attacked by a mysterious killer (Karl Urban) and framed for the murder of a CIA agent, Bourne once again finds himself under the watchful eyes of Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) and former Treadstone boss, Ward Abbott (Brian Cox). The action has moved on by two years, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is living off the grid with faithful girlfriend Marie (Franka Potente). Regrettably, the follow-up is not nearly as involving and is inferior in almost every department. He also had a bank account number sewn into his hip.
Based on Robert Ludlum’s novel, the first installment gave us something different with an involving tale about a hit man suffering from amnesia whilst desparately trying to find out who he really was. Given the surprising success of The Bourne Identity, it was almost inevitable that a successor would be released sooner or later.
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