Not as good as the Originals

Rating: 7/10 (2 September 2012)

If you've seen the original trilogy and you're hoping that this will be just as good, you'll be disappointed. Unlike the previous movies, this one takes a while for the action to kick in. It takes around half an hour before there was any real fighting whatsoever, which wasn't so bad, but this movie lacked intelligence. In the previous movies we had a good idea that Jason Bourne was a good and fast thinker. For example, the reverse pick-pocket cell phone trick at the beginning of the Ultimatum, or the time when he called the police to arrive at the same time as BlackBriar agents did to get them arrested. Other things such as grabbing clothing during the rooftop chase to vault over the shattered glass, leaving the police behind. This movie had none of that. None of the thinking that would amaze you and say: this guy is fast! Not saying that Aaron Cross wasn't smart or anything, I'm just saying the script didn't include too many exciting points in the movie. The ending was dissatisfying as there was no real victory either. Overall, this movie was okay, but when compared to the Greengrass ones, there's no way it stands a chance.