Their chase trots the globe with a minimum of three vehicular set pieces and three hand-to-hand brawls with random objects as Jason dodges dozens of easily dispensable lower agents, with some occasional inside help (Julia Stiles).

Those in charge are constantly covering up a new or old black ops program with a scary name (Treadstone, Blackbriar). The CIA is commonly led by one ambitious and benevolent suit (Joan Allen) surrounded by veteran corrupt suits in charge, always played by a heavyweight aging actor with screen presence (Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Scott Glenn, William Strathairn, Albert Finney). The intelligence organization employs every surveillance measure possible that can be shouted as orders laced with techno-spy-babble to pursue Jason, while he plays the provoked, and eavesdropping detective.

Wanted for his past indiscretions and kills, he is pursued immediately when re-entering the grid by the CIA. Past mistakes come back as clues that drive him to learn the whole truth. Leave out “The Bourne Legacy,” and try this formula on for size: Recovering amnesiac and former government assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) struggles with visions of his past. Hear me out and let me know if this sounds familiar. Unfortunately, a similar vibe is brewing here.

Its rote construction and stakes that always feel like an arm-length away from stronger impact, “Jason Bourne” may be questionable enough to make us wonder if we’ve been seeing the same film four times now.Īs an example to this train of though, the creative video folks at Screen Junkies nailed a “same movie” theory to the Sam Raimi “Spider-Man” trilogy in their “ Honest Trailers” series. After a tremendously successful trilogy (and not-so-successful spin-off) that had the right ending nine years ago, Greengrass and Damon were coaxed back into another cat-and-mouse spy game. Here’s one word this writer never thought he would use to describe a Paul Greengrass-directed Jason Bourne film starring Matt Damon: FORMULAIC.

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