Over Solemn Shaky Camera Bore

Rating: 2/10 (2 September 2008)

Looking for all the world like a something shot on a mobile phone while falling down a flight of stairs this has to be the most horrible looking film ever made. Greengrass shows little faith in the plot (which is just as well because it is totally unmemorable) and so films in a manner that negates any possible plot. Shaky cameras, ultra-quick edits. It's all great if you think film is just a gimmick akin to an amusement park. It's a style that doesn't invite emotional involvement which is just as well because Jason Bourne has to be the dullest super-assassin-secret-agent in film history- he fits in with the the general tenor of the film very nicely though - everything is treated as solemnly as an Ingmar Bergman film. Watching this I began to yearn for some humour or camp, even a little suspense would be nice, as the film is clearly a money making package, rather than anything else, so sequels are inevitable, suspense is hard to generate. I watched this and then watched "Crank", which is cheap, very stupid and a lot of fun. The only thing this film had in common was the stupidity.