More of the same stuff but nowhere near as good as the first time

Rating: 5/10 (14 August 2004)

The Bourne Supremacy features more of the same espionage-style action as in Bourne Identity. Once again, the CIA is trying to kill Jason Bourne and, once again, he expertly turns the tables on them. There's more cat and mouse spy stuff, more exotic locations, and another car chase. In some ways, it's like watching the first movie all over again, except that its nowhere near as good.
One big problem for me is that there's a real lack of a human element to this movie, something that Marie's death contributes to (not much of a spoiler, she dies 10 mins into the movie). In the first film, Bourne's personality and character was really fleshed out through his various interactions with Marie. It's how the audience got to know and care about him. But in this movie, Marie's gone, leaving Bourne with no companions, which means he never has any real conversations with other people. As a result, he seems more like a machine than a person.
The action scenes were OK, but they were pretty much the same sort of thing that was done in the first movie. The car chase is a prime example. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't even close to being as good as the car chase in Bourne Identity.
Overall, to me, Bourne Supremacy just seemed repetitive, mediocre and even kind of pointless. 5/10