Damn Shaky Cam

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2015)

The Bourne Supremacy is the second installment in the franchise. It has Matt Damon return as Jason Bourne, but it has a new director: Paul Greengrass. And boy does he love his shaky cam. Too bad I hate it.
The movie suffers from the very same things that affected the Bourne Identity, which I mentioned in my Bourne Identity review. I talked about the uneven pace, the movie sometimes being too slow, then too fast and it not packing a mean punch. This movie suffers from all that and more! First, this is supposed to be an action movie, right? Then why is there hardly any action? This entry focuses a lot more on dialogue and drama than action and it just doesn't work. Also, really there are no likable characters except for Bourne himself. Especially Joan Allen's character is annoying as hell. The performance is good, but the character just sucks and you want her dead all the time.
The worst mistake this movie makes is the overuse of the shaky cam, which when used well (which rarely happens, by the way) can be effective. But it's not the case in this movie, it just makes it way too hard for the viewer to experience the little action there is properly.
The plot is convoluted, way too many things happen, but none that really matters and the movie isn't a complete disaster thanks to Damon's performance and a few cool scenes. The Bourne Supremacy disappoints, to say the least.