Quite Good

Rating: 8/10 (31 May 2019)

I like "The Bourne Identity" (2002) the best as it was the 1st in the whole "Bourne" series of films. There have now been 5 films. The 2nd was okay, and this one is much better than the 2nd. Then Jeremy Renner came in the 4th installment, and finally Matt Damon came back for the final film "Bourne" with super celebrity star Alicia Vikander, and tired old Tommy Lee Jones, who is woefully miscast. Those last 2 films are the worst. It shows how studios will wring the last possible dollar out of something which was very good; then when they should have quit, they go downhill all the way. I was surprised Matt Damon did it; they must have paid him a lot of money. There was nothing new; only a name plus action does not make a film interesting. For me, the plot was gone completely after this film, which is quite good. It's funny; after this, Joan Allen was cast in "Death Race" (2008); starring Jason Statham and Tyrese Gibson; plus Ian McShane, Jason Clarke and Natalie Martinez. It's so gory, it's funny. Anyway, this is a good film. It still has the plot, and pretty much closed it all for me.