An exceptional sequel that establishes the series

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2016)

Picking up two years after the original, The Bourne Supremacy is an action-packed sequel. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) and Marie (Franka Potente) are living a simple life working a flower shop/scooter rental and running on the beach. Bourne still can't get over bad memories of a murder he once committed. Meanwhile, Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) investigates the leads of this Berlin murder, but others are set on covering it up.
The past is not over and the evidence of Treadstone is not as covered up as the Defense Department bigwigs like Ward Abbott (Brian Cox). He can feel his plans unraveling and Bourne is the loose end he wants to tie up. Employing an oil man Gretkov (Karel Roden), who then hires the stone-cold killer Kirill (Karl Urban).
A tragic killing makes Bourne jump back in the game and seek out his personal vendetta. He runs across another assassin Jarda (Martin Csokas) and a cool knife fight ensues. The operative Nicky (Julia Stiles) also returns to dish on Bourne and the Treadstone operation. She pops up in one scene that will be a signature part of the series where he blends in with protests and dodges surveillance.
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