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Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Joan Allen, Scott Glen, Albert Finney
Bourne is back and in a far better film than number two. Paul Greengrass returns as director despite a disappointing effort in the last sequel, but is more effective this time out. The pace is still non-stop frantic and the movie may have been better served by letting the action slow down from time to time, as they did in the first Bourne. Greengrass’ action camera work still gets in too tight and the hand held camera is over used. Though this is not as distracting as it was in The Bourne Supremacy, it still detracts from many of the action scenes. But enough of the negative. The action here is good and the story is peppered with the high tech, Big-Brother-is-watching kind of surveillance and inter-agency intrigue that we have come to expect from the Bourne franchise, created by espionage writer, Robert Ludlum. Damon slips easily back into his familiar role and is even better in the action scenes. The story that doesn’t always make perfect sense, but it sure is exciting!
This time out, Bourne is once again the target of those in the agency who don’t feel safe with him out there. I wonder if they ever feel safe? Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) is back in the control room, along with Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) and Bourne is not their only problem. There is also a treasonous insider who is spilling agency dirty secrets to the media, so the team has a lot to look for. All of this is tied to Bourne and the hunt is on. Look for the veteran star, Albert Finney stealing practically every scene he has, in the small role of Bourne’s initial trainer.
I have to admit that I was so soured by The Bourne Supremacy that I was not sure what to expect from this film. I was pleasantly surprised. While still not quite at the level of the first in the series, this is a very good action movie that will please fans of the series and action lovers, in general. It gets three and one half stars from me.
