Now, Greengrass proposes, Jason Bourne is a man who wants to expose the dastardly deeds of the CIA for… some reason? At least, this is the Bourne we have come to know up to this point. This is Bourne this is a man who resents the world that he remembers, but does not find it worthwhile enough to save.
We then find that he has become a backroom brawler in Europe, relishing in the punishment he is handed as much as the violence he delivers. Essentially, Matt Damon had amnesia, and has come to realize that he was a lethal hitman for a dirty government project. Jason Bourne opens with a brief montage, reminding us what has come before. Jason Bourne desperately wants to be that but the film cracks scene by scene into a brainless action film that undermines the title character and construes unbelievable motivations in a world that has always felt believable. Jason Bourne would indicate that Gilroy was the man responsible for the smart espionage side of the series he is one that allowed the series to transcend the classification of a “traditional blockbuster”. Gilroy wrote each of the previous four Bourne films and directed The Bourne Legacy. This conceptual shift is compounded by the fact that this is the first film that writer Tony Gilroy has had no involvement with. Jason Bourne has moved beyond that world into a post-Snowden world, where the public is no longer accepting of having their personal information available to the government, no matter what the purpose or the extent. A world that always has one eye open just in case there is a threat lingering somewhere. The first two Greengrass/ Damon Bourne films ( Supremacy and Ultimatum) exist in a specifically post-9/11 world. It is a misfire that looks promising early on and devolves into a generic action film that has nothing to say (but wants you to think it does). It is the first that would rather choke you with popcorn than tear you apart with great tension. That shows in Jason Bourne, a film that manages to be very different than any other Bourne film while still sticking to the traditional Bourne formula. It has been nine years since the last Paul Greengrass/ Matt Damon entry into the series. Riddled with technical jargon and political intrigue, the films have managed to blur the line between popcorn flick and spy drama. There is globetrotting, grand set pieces, and action galore, but the films have been entirely serious in tone. TV Exclusive: CRUEL INTENTIONS Chases Waterfalls at Broadway Sessions!
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