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After being framed for the death of a CIA operative Jason Bourne is forced to use his skills as a former assassin to save himself.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: DAMON/POTENTE/STILES/COX/ALLEN
Title: BOURNE SUPREMACY
Street Release Date: 08/22/2006
Domestic
Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
Good enough to suggest long-term franchise potential, The Bourne Supremacy is a thriller fans will appreciate for its well-crafted suspense, and for its triumph of competence over logic (or lack thereof). Picking up where The Bourne Identity left off, the action begins when CIA assassin and partial amnesiac Jason Bourne (a role reprised with efficient intensity by Matt Damon) is framed for a murder in Berlin, setting off a chain reaction of pursuits involving CIA handlers (led by Joan Allen and the duplicitous Brian Cox, with Julia Stiles returning from the previous film) and a shadowy Russian oil magnate. The fast-paced action hurtles from India to Berlin, Moscow, and Italy, and as he did with the critically acclaimed Bloody Sunday, director Paul Greengrass puts you right in the thick of it with split-second editing (too much of it, actually) and a knack for well-sustained tension. It doesn't all make sense, and bears little resemblance to Robert Ludlum's novel, but with Damon proving to be an appealingly unconventional action hero, there's plenty to look forward to. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews: - Very entertaining... better then the Bourne Identity
First off, I thought the unsteady camerawork was great. It perfectly matched the unbalanced state of Bourne's mind. The action was terrific and the plot was tight. I enjoyed Supremacy more than Identity, though the latter followed Ludlum's book more closely.
Must admit that one of the biggest pluses to me was killing off Marie at the very beginning. She was annoying in the extreme and nothing but an encumbrance because her character had nowhere to go.
On the bad side, I couldn't help but wonder why JB kept using his own passport. Since Identity established that he had lots of passports with different names on them, it was surprising that they weren't utilized. Secondly, I really felt that they could have played up the instability in Bourne's mind even more. Having him more unbalanced would have made a more sympathetic figure and made the viewer pull for him all the more.
I thought the ending was a bit hackish, but I guess the scene is being set for the final installment....more info - Bourne Supremacy
I bought the entire Bourne series for my dad, and own the series myself. With each subsequent movie in the series, the action gets more intense, and Matt Damon becomes my hero over and over again!...more info - NOT ONLY A SUCCESSFUL SEQUEL, BUT...
It would seem that the reason this sequel was made as it was is that the inner spring of the deceit was not revealed in the initial release. And so, rather than pile on the fight sequences, the producer/director decided to (yes, pile on the fight sequences, but) dive into the villany of Bourne's predicament. And its simply this: the USA for some reason, wanted to wire either 3 million or 3 billion dollars in aid to Russia, and it was stolen en transit. The theft was engineered by a corrupt member of Russian Intelligence, working with two corrupt CIA officials. The three split the money and faked the theft by cloaking it in a CIA assassionation by a new operator, Bourne. His fingerprints were stolen to be used later as false proof of his involvement, and his memory and/or identity snapped or malfunctioned. We can't be sure how, but it appears to have been a reaction to his home agency's guilt in not only the murder of the Russian businessman and his wife, but in its willingness to sacrifice personnel so that the CIA thieves could keep not only their stolen wealth, but their positions and perks in the Agency.
Not an easy skein to unwind at any speed, but seemingly impossible at the speed required to match Bourne's life as an international fugitive.
True, one of the two corrupt CIA officials was killed at the end of the original story, but as we learn, the survivor, in order to protect himself from the hidden but questionable file involving himself, has to use his contacts with the KGB to eliminate Bourne. That Avening Angel with Carl Urban's raptor face, like the hero in Prokoffiev's opera of that name, seeks out Bourne and his lover in Beach resort Goa, and kills her with a sniper's long range rifle, believing he's killed him. Then he's off to Russia never to be seen again, presumably.
She is shot behind the wheel of a 4X4 as it crashes through a guard rail and plunges into the water below, and the underwater sequence in which Bourne tried both to save the dead and/or dying woman and then to reposition her in the vehicle inspired, it seems to me, Daniel Craig's very similar attempt in CASINO ROYALE to save drowning Eva Green who's trapped in a metal elevator cage that is sinking into a Venedian canal. The intensity; the despair of love and sensuality irretrevably lost. Its all there. And then the movie gears up into Bourne's Revenge Mode. And it doesn't slow down. Bourne becomes, his humanity nearaly burnt away, like the edge of ALLAH's sword, Justice, which no man can evade, fortell or delay.
At Headquarters we see faces we remember from the initial show, and replacing the corrupt Management Operative who was taken out, we find Joan Allen as Langley's on-the-spot Inquirer, re-opening the Bourne file and searching through whatever evidence remains to find out not just who, but why. Good performance. But how unexpected: to play the character as the femenine side of Ann Coulter!
Well, there are chase sequences throughout Europe -- all thrilling and ingeneous -- and finally, in Moscow, Bourne -- piloting an old RussoFiat Taxi like a maniac -- manages to get his lover's killer, and we get a keen sort of sensual fulfillment looking at dead Urban's face, the top of his bloody head blown away.
Personally, I find this feature to be extremely rewarding and entertaining, but I think the best way to watch it is not as a sequal to the first film, but as the second part or reel of that story. Just watch it without interruption and any sense of dislocation of narrative tissue will be lost. Instead, the Bourne experience will be heightened. Which is amazing, even to contemplate in the abstract!...more info - Bourne Surpremacy
This movie is a great sequel to Bourne Identity. You will enjoy the whole story line and love the action as well. Sit down and watch all 3 of the movies together and don't forget the popcorn. Matt Damon turns out a surprising performance....more info - Matt Damon Did My Wife
This movie was great cause he did my wife. Who care about afleck anyway.
One of the best movies despite being absolutely nothing like the book....more info - HD Version No Better than Non-HD
This is a great movie - but don't bother buying the HD version as it is not a noticeable improvement in picture quality from the original. I have a very good regular DVD player that uploads to an HD output by interpolating the missing pixels from a regular DVD and outputing it in 1080 HD. The good HD movies are much, much better than the interpolated regular DVD movie (Chronicles of Riddick, Enter the Dragon are much, much better) whereas the average HD movies - like the Bourne Supremacy - don't look much different. Save your money and buy other HD movies that make a difference in picture quality. If you don't own this movie - then buy it because it is amazing - if you own it in regular DVD format already - don't bother buying the HD version as the picture quality is not much better and doesn't justify the extra spend....more info - Consequence
****1/2
I am late getting on the "Bourne" bandwagon. I just watched the first two films in the series for the first time last weekend after years of avoiding them. My impression? That so far, the "Bourne" films deserve all of the praise and success that they've received.
What we have here is an intelligent, engrossing, well-written, well-acted and well-directed action film that can be enjoyed by families and mainstream audiences, but that doesn't insult the viewer's intelligence. I have to give props ... pulling that off is not easy to do.
In the second film of the series, "The Bourne Supremacy", Jason Bourne finds that, despite the fact that he still can't recall most of it, he cannot escape his past. Although managing for two years to live in seclusion with his girlfriend, he is drawn back into the violent world he tried to escape when he is hunted down by another "Treadstone" agent, who fails to murder Bourne but kills his girlfriend. (The underwater scene where Jason watches Marie's lifeless body float away is tender and beautifully sad). Bourne is then framed by the same corrupt CIA agent (Brian Cox) who used to run the "Treadstone" program that created Bourne, and Jason is forced to prove his innocence while still trying to figure out his past.
Matt Damon is the thinking man's action hero, and a complete departure from the stereotypically cocky, wisecracking American hero type. In action, Bourne is precise, powerful and unstoppable, but when he's not, Damon plays him with the stoic vulnerability of a man who wants desperately to escape the violent past he can barely remember. When Bourne tracks down the offspring of a politician he assassinated in his former life, the scene is heartbreakingly restrained. Bravo.
...more info - Action-Hater Doesn't Want Money Back
I really despise *ick flicks as a genre, but this (and its predecessor) entertained me and my typical male husband equally. Matt Damon makes the fantastic believable, AND makes you forget you're watching Matt Damon. The pace is taut without being geared to short attention spans, and the plot twists are neither telegraphed nor "oh come on" revelations. This is a sturdy franchise that doesn't leave you feeling dirty for having enjoyed it. ...more info - videotography is terrible. The camera shakes all over the place.
I like the character, I like the plot, but You WILL get nauseous trying to watch this movie! The videotography is terrible. The camera shakes all over the place. What is with some directors. I can hold my Sony camcorder a lot more steady. Ug! is the next sequeal as poorly filmed? I am hesitant to try it....more info - Good non-stop action trumps Bourne's moral turpitude
When you strip 'The Bourne Supremacy" down to its bare essentials, basically what you have is a high-powered, well-done chase movie. For the most part, it's non-stop action--and the producers were smart to enlist Paul Greenglass as the director. Greenglass films 'Supremacy' in a documentary style, making use of hand-held camera shots in many scenes. One of my favorite scenes where you really feel the events actually could have happened is when Bourne kills a fellow CIA agent in Munich and then blows up the house where the killing took place. Not only are the sequence of events leading up to the explosion choreographed masterfully(the fight scene, the lighting of the fuse, etc.) but the aftermath is equally effective--as Bourne drives away, the police are heading in the opposite direction toward the burning house which we glimpse in the distance.
The plot to 'Supremacy' is more convoluted than complicated. In a nutshell, a rogue CIA agent conspires with Russian criminal elements to frame Bourne for two recent murders (also involving CIA agents). After a failed assassination attempt in India, Bourne escapes and is pursued by both the CIA and the Russians. Since he has amnesia, he's trying to figure out who's hunting him and why. Bourne eventually discovers he was part of a secret project called 'Treadstone' and was involved in the murder of a well-known Russian politician and his wife. The politician was set to expose the collusion between the rogue CIA agent (Abbott, convincingly played by Brian Cox) and the Russians.
Matt Damon who plays Bourne, has very little dialogue in this movie. Damon usually gives capable performances but with little nuance. Nonetheless, the part calls for a great deal of physical action and Damon is up to the job. This is what he's good at--playing parts that require someone who's in great physical shape. What doesn't ring true is that Bourne is too much of a superman--a killing machine that basically no one can stop.
The supporting players here are equally as good. There's a lot of nice conflict between Brian Cox's Abbott who seeks to stymie Joan Allen's Pamela Landy, the CIA deputy administrator from discovering that's he's the rogue agent responsible for all the trouble. The Russian assassin and his boss are equally realistic as menacing villains.
'The Bourne Supremacy' was filmed on location in many different countries including India, Italy, Germany and Russia. This gives the film a great deal of its verisimilitude.
'Supremacy' wears out its welcome in the final scenes. There's a car-chase sequence that's been done many times before and goes on for too long. And there's an additional scene tacked on at the end where Bourne visits the teenage daughter of the Russian politician where he reveals that he was actually responsible for murdering her parents. Whether Bourne was brainwashed at the time or whether he knew exactly what he was doing, the writers succeed in undermining Bourne's heroic status and we're left with a sour taste in our mouths after realizing Bourne really isn't such a good guy after all.
Forget about Supremacy's thin plot and the Bourne character's moral turpitude. If you like non-stop action, The Bourne Supremacy is worth seeing.
...more info - Bourne Again
Jason Bourne leaves you on the edge of your seat again as he continues to unravel the mystery of his past. A better investment for your dollar than the latest 007 drivel....more info - A Worthy Sequel!
A great action sequel to the first movie! I can not wait for the next one!...more info - The Bourne Supremacy (Full Screen Edition)
Great Customer Service from this seller. This item I ordered was received in a timely manner and was exactly as described by the seller in his posting. I would purchase from this seller again....more info - ???
After reading several others reviews it is painfully obvious that nobody read the books. The Ludlum books are fantastic. Bourne Identity while having many inconsitencies with the book was still somewhat close. Supremacy jumps onto another track altogether and is a completely different story than Ludlums Supremacy, I dread the release of Ultimatum as there is no possible way for this series to get back on track. Do yourself a favor and jump to the books section of Amazon and pick up all three and read them instead of allowing Hollywood to destroy literature. The books are so much better. ...more info - Good action flick
This was a fun movie. I like Matt Damon, too, which was a plus. The story is great and it keeps moving all the time. If you like action, you should like this film. ...more info - Ignore Ludlum - this is a different movie
All the characters/acting in this movie are outstanding. I agree with the other reviewers. THIS is not the Ludlum story. Neverthless, it's one of my favorites movies. Damon is just outstanding. Enjoy the action. It isn't as good as Identity (as a movie), but both are great fun....more info - Ruined by poor camera work!
I've never, in my entire life, been unable to watch a movie due to the cinematography.
Until this one.
Whatever untalented hack decided that violently shaking a camera about so that you can't even tell what's going on is good moviemaking should be flipping burgers. The camera work on this movie was so bad I had to stop watching it halfway through and get up to write this review!
It had the potential to be amazing, and indeed, the writing and acting probably is. But I'll never know because my friends and I got sick of the epileptic fits the cameraman was having.
...more info - Great movie
I'm happy with this movie, and have watched it a few times. The action sequences are fun, the storyline is consuming, and Matt Damon is actually a good actor (unlike Ben Affleck...). I actually bought this as the trilogy set... the picture quality is very good, and audio is powerful if you have a good 5.1 setup, and the movie never feels like it's dragging on. Well worth watching, regardless of format....more info - Will you please stop shaking the camera!!!
I loved the first bourne movie and I would have liked this one a lot more if the director hadn't felt the need to shake the camera violently everytime a good action scene was on. You know, it really doesn't help me enjoy the movie when I feel extremly dizzy after a car chase scene. What the hell was this director thinking?. The story was actually pretty good but I just couldn't take the camera shaking. I just hope to god that the director doesn't do the same thing with the third bourne film....more info - supreme moview
1The movie Bourne Supremacy was a great movie by writers Robert Ludlum and Tony Gilroy. 2Since this first started as a book in the 1980's, the movie writers needed to update the story almost immediately 3Straightfowardly the movie director, Paul Greengrass, kept the title of the book which is Bourne Supremacy. 5When the movie was released on July 23 2004, audiences loved it because it had realistic action. The run time of the move is 1 hour and 49 minutes. 6Its rating is PG-13. 4Filming in multiple locations across the world, making the magnificent movie was not easy. The main actors are Julia Stiles, Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Franke Potente, Brian Cox, and Karl Urban.
The main spy characters are Jason Bourne, Ward, and Landy. 2During the movie the minor characters in the movie are Nicky, Marie, Jarda, and Danny Zorn who do not show up very often. 5While in India, Jason and his girlfriend Marie are living off the grid when suddenly they are attacked by a rogue assassin. Who is the rogue assassin working for? 6Marie dies. 3Urgently Jason takes up on his role as a secret agent. 4Moving, advancing, and targeting swiftly across the globe, Jason Bourne infiltrates the spy network in Berlin, Moscow, and New York City.
1 The CIA is looking for some Russian documents which are highly prized. 5While the CIA is searching, a rival spy destroys the documents and frames Jason. Jason finds out closely afterwards. 3Quickly Jason has to prove, show, and verify his innocence by finding a mole inside the CIA. 6Jason is chased very often. Jason must evade people. Jason gets revenge. 2In the chase scene, Jason flees the Berlin police because the CIA declared him a public enemy in Germany. 4Fleeing from the CIA, Jason is looking for evidence while staying out of the radar of the CIA.
3Eventually Jason kills his rival, almost at the very end. 5While in Moscow, Jason talks with a daughter of a high-ranking Russian politician whom Jason killed years ago. 1Jason eventually discovers, notices, and perceives that Ward, the veteran director, is the mole. 2After Jason discovers him, Ward gives Jason the evidence. Then Jason turns it over to Landy as she is getting ready to go back to the USA. 4Taking his gun, Ward kills himself. Landy sees that Ward committed suicide because he was incriminated. 6Jason calls Landy. Then he disappears like a ghost at the end of the movie.
The movie was amazing.1The action was very realistic throughout most of the movie. 2At every turn, guns fire, cars race, and charges explode. 4Engrossing the viewer, the movie shows how the spies of the fictional world operate. 3Quietly spies blend into certain areas where military forces can not go because it is too dangerously, obviously, and unwisely an area they should be in. 5While real spies have to keep their cover, movie spies like Bourne get to use more action which is exciting. 6This was a great movie.
...more info - A great action, Adventure, Thriller, Movie
This movie is for me, to be rated in lots of ways. It's an action film, a suspense film, a Thriller film, an adventure film all rolled into one film. This movie was way better than the first movie. It's a very intelligent kind of movie. The main character, Bourne, is very intelligent himself also. This movie moves at a good pace and holds your interest intently. I almost liked it better than a James Bond Movie. I am very glad I added this movie to my collection of movies. You've got to buy this one....more info - The Best Kept Secret: This is an extraordinary Christian film.
I have not lost my mind. In the absence of any flow of real Christian entertainment coming out of Hollywood, I think it's very important to point out that this is an extraordinarily Christian film. Bourne is fighting evil; Bourne is seeking to discover those who have enmeshed him in what he knows to be evil; and his conscience guides him as he moves through this rapid paced, wonderfully scripted, wonderfully acted, and wonderfully directed film. His motives can never be reduced to mere revenge. Others in the film also wrestle with serious moral issues. But Bourne is the Knight. ----- His mission results in his extracting a moment of recognition from the villain of what the villain has done, and then Bourne proceeds to seek redemption himself in the only way he knows how. He consciously rejects evil for good. ---- Whether Christ is ever mentioned in the film doesn't matter. ----. What matters is that this is a film reflecting deep moral values, and it is also a film you can watch with your children. There is no jarring sexuality, and the violence in the film is actually treated with conscientious respect. It is treated with appropriate depth for the horror that it is. ---- Until we start getting some really profound Christian entertainment from the TV and Movie execs who seem for the moment to scorn it, I think it's important to point out those films which reflect deep Christian values, and to repeat: this film is such a one. I personally love it and have watched it more than four times. The moments of confession and moral recognition are as thrilling as the action. ---- Highly recommended to everybody, including families. --- Just a fine, fine piece of profound and wonderfully exciting work. (Let me add that Matt Damon is terrific here, just as he has been in every film he's ever made.)...more info - Bourne Supremacy
Great action movie. If you liked the first one you will like this one....more info - PURE CRAP
This is total nonsense. I defy anyone to figure out what is supposed to be going on. Have you ever watched a rapid sequence of screen cuts? Where no shot remains on the screen for more than one or two seconds? Sometimes it can be effective - for about a minute or so. Five minutes is far too long. Fifteen minutes of that stuff is excruciating. Try watching two hours of this non-stop. All accompanied by pounding meaningless music. You had better overdose on Excedrin before watching this ripoff, a pure cash-in on the popularity of "The Bourne Identity," which had some of this, but was at least watchable, with a coherent storyline, taken from the novel. But this is just utterly meaningless pretentious crap, with no rhyme or reason, a continuous stream of screen cuts, with people running around, barking orders, doing incomprehensible things, all presumably to make us think that something important is happening. Take my word for it, absolutely nothing is happening, except that your money is being stolen. U.C.L.A. Film School created a Frankenstein, an endless parade of pretentious directors making pretentious films, that utilize "cinematic technique" for its own sake, and turn it into an end unto itself, instead of a means to an end. Films like this are the ultimate and inevitable result. Don't waste your money - unless you enjoy a good headache. ...more info - "Supreme" Supremacy
Great movie, and in stunning full HD, "Supremacy" picks up where "Identity" leaves off.
The only quirk I have with this movie is some of the chosen direction in fight sequences, at times, nausiating. I suppose it gives the movie a faster pace, look and feel, but also isn't too distracting.
The picture and sound make up for any shortcomings. Blacks in night scenes are jet black, no film grain is evident. Flesh tones accurate and true to life.
This is a great moderm film trilogy for any action genre fan. Complex story lines keep you thinking and entertained.
Highly recommended, and a must see before viewing "Ultimatum", the last in trilogy....more info - Bourne-again franchise
A great follow-up to the original and my favorite of the 3 thus far. One of those rare cases where the sequel surpasses it's predecessor:
-Better action and more suspense
-A Bourne character with more purpose and direction
-a more respectible "suit" on his tail played by Joan Allen
-Another worthy adversary in the form of Karl Urban.
-All around a slick spy movie!...more info - Marking time
When last we saw Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Identity", he'd forgotten who he was, then remembered, maybe, just in time to eliminate as many clues to his continued existence as he could before leaving Paris for a secret life somewhere else (actually, a remote Greek island) with his new love, Maria. The Bourne Supremacy starts a couple of years later and, like TBI, begins in the middle, with Bourne trying to remember what happened in the beginning before escaping at the end.
The initial setting for the action this time is Berlin. Whatever US covert agency is at work appears to be setting up some sort of scam to catch a thief of money, secrets, or both; unfortunately the scam goes bad and the target gets the money and the secrets, leaving only some dead bodies and some clumsy evidence that Jason Bourne is to blame. This time, another wonk is in the mix -- or a wonkette, Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), freshening the machismo with a blast of blonde estrogen. We then catch up with Jason and Maria in Goa, India, where they live in relative safety while Jason starts to unravel a whole new set of recurring nightmares set in Berlin and narrated by Conklin's ghost. Unfortunately, the bad guys have already tracked JB to Goa and head there to rub him out, making it look like he was responsible for the Berlin disaster if no one knows he was still alive first. Jason survives but becomes more resolute to determine why the government is still after him. Landy's built with more integrity than Conklin was, and she suspects the case against Bourne is too pat, learning more about his past in the process (since she wasn't in the first movie). The question then becomes who finds out first what happened in Berlin, and why Bourne was implicated.
To say that TBS is my least favorite of the Bourne trilogy is not to say it isn't a very good film. My biggest beef would be the absence of other "assets" for Bourne to take on, but that's the way the story turned -- Bourne has a fine antagonist in an amoral Russian mercenary (Karll Urban). The foreign settings are fun, and the producers came up with excellent set pieces in Goa and Berlin. But the most memorable part will always be the car chase in Moscow, where things come to a head. Greenglass's direction of this chase puts it in the cream of the crop; it stands up and demands comparison to movies as different as "Bullitt". "The French Connection", and "Ronin", not to mention TBI's chase in Paris. On top of that, Bourne's tutelage by Macguyver pays off as he improvises foot escapes in both Berlin and Russia. Finally, the movie delivers the trilogy's best "Depends" moment.
One of the most famous, or infamous, aspects of this film and TBU is the hand-held camera work of Greenglass. In a theater, this movie is most effectively viewed closer to the center of the screen. That's less important in TBS than TBU, in my opinion. For home viewing, even on what passes for a small screen nowadays (mine is 32 inches) the camera work doesn't interfere with the movie.
The Bourne Supremacy delivers on its promise to keep Bourne in action through some tight stories and tighter curves. If it's not the greatest movie in the series, that's just because it's stuck between two great bookends....more info - Amazon...stop mixing reviews together
If I click on a Blu Ray or HD DVD product, I do NOT want to have to sift through 500 reviews of people who own a DVD or even VHS version of the film.
Why are you mixing these reviews together???
...more info - James Bond meets Jack Bauer
The Bourne Supremacy picks up two years after the original film ended and continues to shed light on Jason Bourne's adventures. The former assassin returns to Europe to find out why he is still hunted down by the CIA.
Matt Damon, Karl Urban (from LOR!), and the rest of the cast carry out their performances very well (Matt Damon is once again amazing in his respective role!).
Moreover, it was a pleasure to see the lovely Julia Stiles, though a bit more exposure would have been just right...
Overall, the setting, the plot, the dialogues, and the music are all good.
In short, The Bourne Supremacy is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection!
...more info - The saga continued
This picture is a continuation of the first. I liked it for answering some questions i had from first one. New questions now. Hopefully a third to come. Matt Damon lost a bit of the edge he had in first one, but proves he is still a good actor. As an amnesiac, he still remembers how to kick rear and kill bad guys.Enough said; watch it for yourself....more info - Edge of your seat action
I bought this DVD initially in standard def and enjoyed it, but after getting the HD-DVD version, there is no comparison. The HD-DVD version has so much more detail and vibrancy, it was like watching it for the first time all over again. I especially like that the movie was filmed in Europe, as I had lived there for close to 3 years back in the 70's. European locations have a certain "feel" for me that makes me a bit nostalgic, but there is so much character in the architecture, streets, etc, that it makes the film so much more interesting, at least to me. ...more info - Better than the first
Awesome movie. 5 stars. Cant wait for the next one.. One of my favorite movies. ...more info - Second in a trilogy
The second movie of the Jason Bourne Trilogy is also the second best of the three.Action packed and edge of your seat.If you like the first one you will like this one also....more info - Slightly and Only Slightly Better Than the Original
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is in hiding. After successfully evading the CIA in the first film, he and girlfriend Marie (Franka Portente) are living in India. Jason still doesn't remember very many details about who he is. But he keeps having dreams that may give him a clue.
Unfortunately, he's about to be thrust back into the spy game. A mission is going on in Berlin. When it goes south, Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) wants answers. The trail leads to a buried CIA project.
Meanwhile, Bourne has started moving again and he trips the radar, bringing the CIA down on him. Can he figure out why they are suddenly interested in him? What do his dreams mean? Will he get another piece of the puzzle of who he is?
So I wasn't a fan of the original, but I sat down recently to watch the second one. My main complaint about the first one was the plot. It was better here since all the characters behaved believably the entire way through. The plot was still needlessly confusing, and the characters are still pretty wooden.
My biggest complaint this go around is the camera work. It's shaky the entire way through. What's worse are the action scenes. They are so poorly edited it's almost impossible to follow what is happening. I realize this is a stylistic approach, but it doesn't work.
I can see the appeal of the franchise for those who like mindless thrill rides. But those who look for more then that should approach with caution....more info - THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
Second installment continues the story line. The characters are complex, and very interesting. The HD DVD quality is not good because of the technology used at the time of filming. However it is better than standard definition and worth the investment if you do not have standard DVD version in your collection....more info
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