A sequel better than the first.

Rating: 9/10 (24 July 2004)

Sequels are known for not being as good as the original film, but from time to time we get an exception like for X2, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (imo) and Spider-Man.
I loved the original Bourne movie, loved practically everything about it except the fact plenty of things were changed from the book. After seeing that it finished #2 at the box office, behind Scooby Doo in 2001, I never thought there would be a sequel. When I first saw the trailer for Supremacy, I wasn't excepting anything, we don't get nice locations like in the first movie's trailer, no climax (the US embassy wall climbing was the first film's), so I really wasn't excepting anything.
I bought the "explosive extended edition" and got a coupon for the movie, saw it the same night after rewatching the original film and LOVED IT. The Bourne Supremacy us everything the first movie is and better, it's got almost the whole cast back, except for Chris Cooper, however we get a little cameo from him. The story is good, a good and solid script apart for a few plot holes and big camera problems. Doug Liman had nice and clean fight/chase scenes in the first film, in this one we get horrible hand-held camera fight scenes and chases.
Overall, this movie definitely fits in my top 5 of 2004 so far with Spartan and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and deserves a well earned 9/10.