He has been on the run since 2002’s Bourne Identity and nobody has ever managed to catch this rogue agent. He is that good. His 2016 blockbuster becomes the fifth film of the franchise after Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy, Bourne Ultimatum and Bourne Legacy (2002, 2004, 2007, 2012) in that respect just to jog your memory. This time Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne reprising the movie’s original storyline, reclaiming the baton from Jeremy Renner (Bourne Legacy/Avengers). Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures’ Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA’s most lethal former operative drawn out of the shadows and on the run again. “Hoping to lure the agency’s most wanted target CIA director Robert Dewey assigns hacker and counterinsurgency expert Heather Lee to find him. Lee suspects that former operative Nicky Parsons is also looking for him. As she begins tracking the duo, Bourne finds himself back in action battling a sinister network that utilises terror and technology to maintain unchecked power”.
This latest spy thriller is based on the characters created by Robert Ludlum. The film is written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. The film takes a new direction as it blends in a whole new cast except for lead actor Matt Damon of course. For instance Tommy Lee Jones assumes the antagonist role suffocating the protagonist out of hiding. Supporting characters like Alicia Vikander also fuel the intensity and mystique as new alliances form.
