More Bourne Running from Cops Action

Rating: 7/10 (5 August 2018)

A part of me was thinking that since this is the last of the books then the following movies are probably just trying to cash in on the popularity of these films, except that I discovered that this film, and the previous one, pretty much have absolutely nothing to do with the books. In a way it seems as if the creators decided to veer as far away from the books as possible for what ever reason I'm not really sure. Actually, I can probably guess and I suspect it has a lot to do with the action.
The film basically begins where the previous film finished off - sort of. The previous film ended with Bourne in New York speaking to Landry over the phone, however this film takes a back step and has him back in Moscow running away from the cops (which is something that he always seems to be doing in these films - running away from cops, or at least other intelligence officers, but mostly cops). However, it turns out that a journalist in London has been writing articles about Jason Bourne, so Bourne decides to make contact with him. Mind you, the CIA also have him under watch as well.
Look, this is a pretty good film and all that, and even includes the scene in New York, showing us that it is actually a part of a bigger picture. Well, sort of, because I suspect that at the end of the previous film they weren't really all that sure if they were going to be continuing the franchise, and thus when they got the green light, decided to incorporate it into this film, which sort of makes sense because it does show us the bigger picture.
Still, as I have mentioned, if you have seen the other films, you basically get more of the same, except for the thing that Bourne really doesn't seem to like killing people. Sure, he was trained as an assassin, but having suffered amnesia, it seems that he really wants to get away from that life, which I why I suspect he spends more time running as opposed to killing everybody he comes across. Then again, he is a fugitive, so I guess he doesn't really want to give them a valid excuse.
Yet they are still continuing with this amnesia story. Basically he remembers something important in the last movie, but there is still a lot hidden away, such as his real name. So sure enough we have more flash backs, and this leads him further on to dig up more of his past. Honestly, I'm not really sure what there is to dig up, and why he wants to remember it because, well, he knows that he is a trained assassin, and really doesn't want to be a trained assassin any more, and simply wants to be left alone. Well, that isn't going to happen because it is clear that they really want to clean up the mess that they have made.
I guess that is the thing with these secretive government types - or at least those that operate in the world of Hollywood. Then again, truth is stranger than fiction, and there are many stories about shady government operatives doing shady government things such as overthrowing democratically elected governments because, well, they are bad for business. Sure, they claim peace and security and all that, but in reality it is all about business people making money, and making money as easily as possible, which means getting rid of governments that might get in the way, such as trying to regulate labour laws, and making them pay taxes, because, well, that is unnecessary costs to the bottom line.
Also, it once again seems to be, like the other movies, Bourne attempting to track down the people involved in these shady practices, or should I say secret plans to deal with the enemies of the government, or rather the enemies of business. Okay, he may have volunteered, but really, by this time, the formula seems to simply be more of the same, and I suspect that this is going to be the case with the next two movies as well. I'm still unlikely to read the books though.