Bourne In The USA

Rating: 8/10 (18 February 2014)

And off we go again, part 3 of the Bourne dashing all over the place franchise. I can't fault the action and pacing, the sense of realism and the brevity of it all, I still don't like the shaky camera-work though. The old guys wouldn't be able to stand the pace I'm afraid: what Matt Damon as the ultimate hero-food goes through in here - Roger Moore would have ended up mussed and breathless, Sean Connery hors de combat strangled by his wig, John Wayne would have survived the first ten minutes of Identity only as horse-food. In my case, maybe 10 seconds.
Jason Bourne is still looking for himself with bloody consequences for everyone. It's a fascinating wild chase through Madrid, London, Tangier, New York with I regret to say, the CIA with its knickers continually in a twist. Just what on Earth are our Betters paying these hopeless clowns billions of dollars for?! And the woman who eventually brought the baddies down was originally put on the case by them – some forethought! Tch – 2007 and so much paper and so many paper trails, equals an old fashioned McGuffin. But I thought the chase and resultant fight in Tangier was one of the most gripping sections in the whole trilogy, amazingly swift data gathering by all involved including the viewers, and Bourne wasn't even bionic. As with everything involving opinions or shaky-cam it's not perfect, but how can this be bettered?