Good Sequel

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2012)

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
*** (out of 4)
Second film in the series has director Paul Greengrass taking over and Matt Damon returning as Jason Bourne. This time out Bourne is framed for a botched CIA operation so he must go back to his assassin ways to try and figure out why the agency wanted him framed and who was behind it. After viewing the film I started to look around at many reviews and it appears that most people considered this to be not only the worst of the first three movies but they also said it was just a flat out bad movie. I certainly didn't agree with these comments as I thought the picture was pretty entertaining from start to finish, although I guess you could say that it really wasn't all that different from the first in regards to what Bourne is trying to do. While he might not have forgotten everything like the first film, here I thought it was rather fun seeing him get back into who he really was and the story of why he was doubled crossed was interested and made for something we could follow and have fun with. It seems that a lot of negative attention went to Greengrass and his style of camera-work and editing. I certainly understand people simply getting sick by this style but I personally don't mind it and I thought it worked well during the action scenes. I also didn't think it harmed the more dialogue driven sequences either because it does put you right in the scene, which is I'm sure what he was going for. As no shock, Damon is in fine form playing Bourne as he has no trouble handling anything given to him. Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and especially Joan Allen are very good as well. THE BOURNE SUPREMACY has a nice mix of action and tension and most of all it remains entertaining throughout.