Matt Damon is Godlike

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2004)

Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) had hoped to escape his past, but his past wouldn't leave him alone. Bourne inserts himself into the world of international espionage, all to get back at the CIA agents he warned to leave him alone. In the process, Bourne will discover more secrets about his past life, and more details about his broken memories.
The Bourne Identity was a good, if not, great film. The Bourne Supremacy, however, is one of the greatest spy films of all-time. I could go ahead and even say this could be one of the greatest sequels of all-time. It was almost perfect with it's superb performances, excellent action scenes, and intense storyline.
Jason Bourne tried to vanish away never to be found again, and left the CIA agents something to ponder over: Leave me alone, or pay the price. An assassin (Karl Urban) shows up in Jason's life which forces Bourne to come out of hiding to pay a visit to the ones who want him dead: Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), Danny Zorn (Gabriel Mann) and Ward Abbott (Brian Cox). Jason Bourne will encounter many twists and turns. He will be framed, hunted, and he will even find out more about his cloudy past.
The cast was simply outstanding. Brain Cox's performance was amazing. His cocky attitudes with fierce emotions were dazzling. Joan Allen, Karl Urban, and the rest of the cast worked well together from the get-go and never looked back. Not a single member of the cast let us down.
Without a shadow of a doubt, this film made Matt Damon a star, and I can see him now given major roles after a spectacular performance as Jason Bourne, a man doing everything in his power to stay alive and get out cleanly. He is darker than the shadows, quick as light, and always a step ahead of his pursuers the entire way. As the movie progresses, Bourne uses every trick in the book to sneak by, and Paul Greengrass makes sure that it's believable, and it is.
Paul Greengrass's directing style is controversial, as he uses the handheld camera view in some scenes to get up-close into the action which does a different perspective of scenes, but it could be a good or bad thing depending on a person's taste.
This film didn't rely on any one scene to save it as many other movies do nowadays. The car chase was being stressed as being one of the best in car chases ever in the trailers, but the film didn't really need to base the whole film around that one scene. I could select one of many scenes where the trailers could of mentioned it as being one of the best.
The only flaw was some of the shaky handheld camera work Greengrass performed during a couple scenes, but if you didn't mind that, nothing else was wrong with the film. Well, maybe that it had to eventually end.
The Bourne Supremacy set a new standard for espionage films, and dare I say, a new standard for sequels. It shined above every other sequel made these past few years, and it will be difficult for anything to surpass this flick. Everything worked out in the end. This is a must-see movie, and to pass it up would be doing yourself a disservice.
Story: A Acting: A+ Visuals: A Cinematography: B+ Overall: A (Not an average)