The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition)

Media:	DVD
Directed by:	Paul Greengrass
Starring:	Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen
Release date:	07 December, 2004
List price:	~~$19.98~~
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The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition)

Average rating: Stars

"Scary version?"

Audience Assassination 101: Take a great film with promissing franchisability, turn over the sequel to a bad TV director (Greengrass), have somebody kluge together a muddled frenzied script, add Joan Allen for extra "frown factor", and then metamorphose the razor sharp indestructible ultimate killer Jason Bourne into an introspective compassionate less menacing version of himself, then package it all up inexplicably for the PG-13 Gods and voo-ah-lah.

I guess this thing lost me from the first scene when Bourne and his GF he'd been hiding out with in India were spotted and chased by a KGB assassin who crashed his car and although he was on foot still managed to find Bourne as he was by now miles away and miraculously negotiated a head shot to the GF causing Bourne to drive off a bridge and into a river where he was able to swim away as the shooter looked on from the bridge, even though he must have been 3-4 miles away by my calculations when he made the shot. I dont know, axe the Director.

The DVD package is well put together (yawn) and the video and sound are top notch, but who cares. 2 Dramamine

The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition) - Matt Damon, Franka Potente and more

Could have been done better

Action packed sequel, that overall is enjoyable, but the story could have been told better. In this one Bourne has lost his memory and is being pursued by assasins while being framed for murder at the same time. Usual espionage stuff like double agents and car chase scenes that would have been musch better if the director knew how to tell a story. Matt Damon did a good job, if you like him check it out.

Matt Damon, Franka Potente and more - The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition)

Movie was allright..... but read the book after, not before....

I don't do loooong reviews, so here is the short and sweet: The movie is a decent sequel, but still falls short of the original. Most people seem to agree that the early demise of Marie is dissappointing, to say the least. And about the most notable feature of the rest of the film is that it really isn't notable.

If I had never read the actual novel by Ludlum, I probably wouldn't have been as let down by this film. The beauty of the books is the fact that they each have their own plot-line while simultaneously revolving around Jason Bourne/David Web's rivalry with Carlos "The Jackal." This film actually has NOTHING to do with the actual novel, having only used it's title (as was admitted by the filmmakers). For instance, in the book, instead of being killed of early, Marie actually has a whole plotline that revolves around here exclusively, and in the end nearly single-handedly saves Jason/David's life. Ummmm... just a tad different than we saw on the screen. Too bad... the plots of Ludlum's novels were awesome, and would have really translated well to the big screen. As it is, they fall far short.

It's been a gorgeous summer. My suggestion... skip sitting inside wasting 2 hours of your time. Grab the novel, head outside, soak up some rays, and enjoy a great read!