Supremacy

Rating: 5/10 (9 February 2011)

Ah, the sequel, usually having a lesser chance to be a great counterpoint to the original story I was expecting different from The Supremacy. However I have to admit that I was somewhat bored with this movie. Not to put the film down but for some reason this sequel didn't have as many exciting scenes as The Identity and a lot of the characters are not introduced or carried out as well, even though I have a feeling the cast and crew knew this was going to have another movie to continue Jason Bourne's story. So we continue the story as Jason Bourne is trying to live a normal life with his girlfriend Marie. You know the strange thing is I really thought that they used a different actress for Marie but I read that it's the same woman and I'm amazed unless my eyes were tricking me. Now I understand though why they needed the love story in the first film as it's the main focal point for Jason as now he wants revenge.
Jason and his girlfriend Marie have been living in India for the past two years where Bourne struggles to recall the specifics of his first mission as a black ops agent. In Berlin, CIA Deputy Landy runs a "buy operation", spending $3 million to purchase evidence exposing the mole within the agency that stole $20 million in allocation money seven years prior. Before Landy's operative can complete the transaction, FSB agent, Kirill, infiltrates the building, plants a fingerprint to frame Bourne, kills Landy's operative and the seller of the information and makes off with the evidence and the $3 million. Kirill then reports back to Russian oil magnate Yuri Gretkov, who sends him to Goa to finish the frame-job by assassinating Bourne. Bourne spots Kirill coming and flees with Marie in a jeep. Kirill gives chase and shoots at the vehicle to kill Bourne but kills Marie instead, causing the jeep to run off a bridge and crash into the river below. Kirill leaves, believing Bourne to be dead, but Bourne survives the accident and departs for Italy to seek vengeance.
I think that this was a good movie but like I said it just wasn't as exciting as The Identity, but then again it had a lot to live up too. I loved the addition of Landy with Joan Allen, she's a great actress and a very strong female lead. I love Julia Styles too and am very glad she returned but she never felt too strong of a character as Joan Allen's is and it's great to see that all of the government wants him dead. Plus we are learning more about Jason Bourne's life as well as his real name and that he is one of the most awesome assassins of all time. How cool would that be that you wake up without your memory only to find out that you're even more invincible than Chuck Norris? Well, actually not that cool but the invincible assassin that's tougher than Chuck Norris is pretty cool. So onto the next sequel as I've heard amazing things about that movie so I'm looking forward to it. This movie was alright but nothing special, so I'm hoping for the better. Like I said this didn't have as many great action scenes and the introduction of most of the characters as well as continuing their story just didn't work for me. But still I'm looking forward to continuing this trilogy.
5/10