Rent Jason Bourne (2016)
3.3 of 5 from 918 ratings
1h 58min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in 'Jason Bourne'. 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. Jason Bourne, now remembering who he truly is, tries to uncover hidden truths about his past.
- Actors:
- Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed, Ato Essandoh, Scott Shepherd, Bill Camp, Vinzenz Kiefer, Stephen Kunken, Ben Stylianou, Kaya Yuzuki, Matthew O'Neill, Lizzie Philips, Paris Stangl, Matt Blair, Amy De Bhrún, Akie Kotabe, Robin Crouch
- Directors:
- Paul Greengrass
- Producers:
- Matt Damon, Gregory Goodman, Paul Greengrass, Frank Marshall, Ben Smith, Jeffrey M. Weiner
- Writers:
- Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse, Robert Ludlum
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 2017, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Remembering Richard Chamberlain
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/11/2016
- Run Time:
- 123 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS Headphone: X, English DTS:X
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Bringing Back Matt Damon as Bourne
- Bare-Knuckle Boxing
- Close Quarters Combat
- Underground Rumble
- The Athens Escape
- Convention Chaos
- Shutting Down the Las Vegas Strip
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/11/2016
- Run Time:
- 123 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS Headphone: X, English DTS:X, French DTS-HD High Resolution 7.1, Latin American Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (14) of Jason Bourne
Disappointing - Jason Bourne review by GJ
Like most of the other reviews I do not rate this as the earlier Bourne film. Car chase far too long as is the whole film.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Not a patch on the first three JB films - Jason Bourne review by AB
This is a poor pastiche of the first 3 Bourne films, with little showing of the skills that he had in those films, excepting the car chases and hand-to-hand fighting. (Spoiler ...) And why did they have to kill Nicky Parsons? Film linked in nicely with the Athens riots but Alice Vikander was *too* much of a pain in the backside as her character to be worth the while. A bit confusing as a film plot that sorted itself out eventually without any real denouement but this seemed to be a filler in the franchise.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Greengrassed!!! - Jason Bourne review by Lojong
At some time the film genre of rogue USA, CIA operatives and their assassins has to become more than just violence (makes the wannabe macho men feel good?) pyrotechnics, millions of bullets, loooong chase sequences jumbled into a an often confusing plot, This has resulted in a movie which I would have preferred to have missed. The mark of a good movie or of a stage drama is how easily one is able to suspend ones disbelief and settle into the 'reality' presented by the production. Greengrass doesn't do subtlety, most of the time we are blasted by firepower and speed with little or no coherent intrigue to draw us through the story. Being a fan of John le Carre's work and the associated movies, I guess that I should bypass future Greengrass movies.
There can be great entertainment from a well written, gripping story presented skilfully in a cunning plot in shades of power and allusion, all captured by the art of the cameraman. I hope that the next movie from Paul Greengrass & Co. will include those criteria. A rating of just 56% is pretty dismal for Jason Bourne 2016.
Robert
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Critic review
Jason Bourne review by Mark McPherson - Cinema Paradiso
Matt Damon returns to the role of Jason Bourne. Paul Greengrass returns to direct Jason Bourne. The old cat-and-mouse game of Bourne versus the CIA returns to the franchise. Together, they’re all a reminder of why these people and plot elements left the series in the first place.
Once again we find rogue agent Jason Bourne on the run as he is once again tracked by the CIA while he once again discovers more secrets of his past. One would think that after all this time that Greengrass could return to this series with something fresh and timely. He certainly attempts to the way he weaves in the protests of Greece, the fear privacy in the mobile age and the increased threat of terrorism. Instead of crafting an intriguing spy movie from those topical subjects, Greengrass uses them as little more than window dressing for his Bourne-centric story.
But what’s so hot about Bourne this time around? His old pal Nicky (Julia Stiles) has uncovered documents of Bourne’s recruitment into the old program as well as a new program. The surprise reveal of Jason’s pathos is nothing all that clever and the new CIA program is so bland even the movie doesn’t want to address this ill-thought McGuffin. The movie mostly zips past this contrived setup to get to its own action sequences, but you still have to put up with some amazingly forced plot elements. There’s no reason for Jason Bourne to get involved with Nicky’s findings, but he does so anyway out of unspoken closure. He goes through the motions of escaping hitmen, questioning pawns (that are killed upon spilling information, of course) and eventually having a showdown with the CIA orchestrator. What I found most perplexing is how the CIA has been aware of Bourne and his tactics for years and yet they still fall for every trick he pulls. Wouldn’t they notice the old baseball cap and looking down as his disguise by now?
The cast is strong, but never used past base roles of a spy-thriller plot. There’s a new CIA leader played by Tommy Lee Jones who is familiar with Bourne, but only in the sense that he keeps babbling about him being unstoppable. Alicia Vikander plays a rookie CIA agent that secretly helps Bourne, merely acting as the next female sidekick after taking the baton. The only interesting character is a CIA hitman played by Vincent Cassel which, despite a personal vendetta against Bourne, is painfully underdeveloped as more of a goon than a developed assassin. As for Matt Damon, he looks as though he doesn’t want to be here. With little dialogue, few fight scenes and a grimace constantly on his face, he’s dreadful to watch in how he slogs his way through this by-the-numbers spy movie.
The action scenes could have been exciting if only they were shot properly. The sequence where Bourne attempts to escape the CIA by dashing through the protests in the streets of Athens is a great idea. It’s just too bad the constantly shaking camera and frenetic editing doesn’t allow you to experience much of the chaos. There were so many details with police swarming the streets, protesters chucking molotov cocktails, motorcycles whizzing by, gunfire in the distance and all you get to see of it is blurs. The editing becomes less horrific as the movie goes on and a more expensive car chase forces the camera to remain semi-still.
After nearly a decade of being distant from Damon and Greengrass, Jason Bourne isn’t just out of energy - it’s running on the fumes of the fumes. The action is no fun when it is all blurs, the characters are not engaging when they’re all dreary and the story isn’t entertaining when it’s the same old bit built as a retread. The ending leaves the door wide open for a sequel as though a new trilogy of pictures will follow. But as Damon sleepwalks through this movie with the most bored of expressions, I had to wonder why he didn’t just end the series here. He’s tired of this, we’re tired of this - put Bourne to bed.