The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition)

Continued story-line with great casting, action and suspense. Main character shows those who are after him whose really in charge!

My 19-year-old son doesn't go for trends and obsessions. So, when home from college on this Christmas break, he agrees to spend two hours with us around the second of his preferred triad of films, we seize the moment by its skinny little cinematic throat.

Two hours later ... Wow!

Matt Damon's 'Jason Bourne' won't go away from the stained recall of compromised CIA operatives and Russian oil cartel-istas, won't go away from an amnesiac operative's self-identification-screen to let him get back to his original self, and now won't go away from our home-movie enthusiasm.

Bring on the prequel, let us have the sequel! I see some quick Amazon orders of used DVDs in our (very near) future.

The plot will be well-known to readers of this review or, alternatively, available from myriad reviews. Let me point my minutes at softer targets:

(a) The pace: this movie you up from start to finish. There is not a moment to rest. Plot-challenged viewers like this reviewer will want to make careful mental note of the spare fingerprint and such.

(b) The music: John Powell's soundtrack cooperates beautifully with the plot. If you normally experience film music merely at the subliminal level, this would be a good film on which to bring it up the level of consciousness. I plan to buy (and review) the soundtrack. 'Very strong music.

(c) Acting: Damon is superb. But don't miss Brian Cox as the tortured and slightly repugnant Ward Abbot, who just wants to enjoy his hard-earned influence for another year before retiring to a couple of consultancies. His life is oddly interrupted (and then, for that matter, ended) by the stubborn researches of Pamela Landy. Pay attention to this strong support role too, ably performed by the intensely attractive Joan Allen.

I need to end this review now, perhaps a bit prematurely. I need to go get two other movies!

A fast paced zippy action film. The director shoots the movie like you are experiencing the events that Jason Bourne is experiencing. The whole movie has a real life edgy feel to it due to the fact that no steadycam was used so the camera keeps shaking and gives you this documentary real life feel to it. There are very few dolly shots in the movies, it all with handheld camera. The camera is placed in specific angles and hard to reach places like the inside of the car so that you feel a lot like being in Jason's seat. The extras feature have quite a bit on how they shot the chase scene, the fight moves and the special car rig that they built to get the shots. The car chase scene is one of the greatest chases captured on film. It's hard and fast and ends with full impact. The movie does not follow the book. Ludlum's novels Bourne - Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum document his life as he grows old in fact in Ultimatum if I am not mistaken he is a senior citizen with kids and grand kids. The movie version takes book 1 and expands on it and uses the Bourne franchise name. I have no problem with that. The books as it were would not have worked in the medium of film. Good action flick. Watch Bourne always outsmart the CIA. Watch Bourne Ultimatum whih is an episodic continuation and end to this successful series.

regards, Vikram

Better than the original is something not too many series can do. This one does so pick it up along with the other two today on HD DVD.

A good second movie but just lacked the umph of the first movie. I always hate it when they kill off a MAIN character. If they hadn't gotten rid of her then might have given it one more star. THe excitement is still there and the story line is still good.