The Bourne Supremacy

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2007)

If you liked the first film about the secret agent who lost his memory, then you will like the equally good sequel from director Paul Greengrass. Basically Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is hiding with now girlfriend, Marie (Creep's Franka Potente), but soon enough his past comes back to haunt him. Marie is killed by assassin Kirill (The Lord of the Rings' Karl Urban), and some bad guys have managed to place Jason's fingerprints in a crime scene, framing him for a murder. Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) is convinced Bourne is a dangerous killer, and Bourne needs to not only stay out of sight of their many spies and technicians, but he needs to convince them of his innocence. Two of the people who had connections with the agency Treadstone, Nicky (Julia Stiles) and Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) are not only helping them, but may be able to help Jason clear his name, and disappear again. It is when agent Zorn (Gabriel Mann) may be convinced Bourne is in fact innocent that Abbott kills him, he is obviously desperate to see Bourne caught or killed. Oh, in the end by the way, Jason does get his revenge for the death of Marie, he does prove his innocence, he apologises to the daughter of one, well two, of his victims, and in return for his help, Pamela tells him his real name, David Webb, and his date of birth, more about that in the next film. With segments of Chris Cooper as Conklin in Bourne's flashbacks. The chase sequences are still thrilling, Damon gets more aggressive in certain scenes, the Moby song "Extreme Ways" appears again, still cool, just a great sequel. Very good!