Review of Jason Bourne (2016) by Jones J — 22 Aug 2016

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass team-up once more and return to the Bourne series with Jason Bourne, a gritty, character driven espionage thriller. The plot is complete garbage; the CIA runs around with reckless abandon killing numerous civilians and their own agents in an attempt to capture former operative Jason Bourne and prevent him from learning the truth about his father's connection to the black ops program that recruited him.

Tommy Lee Jones does a decent enough job as a corrupt CIA director, however Alicia Vikander seems a bit out of her element (The Man from UNCLE notwithstanding). And Damon doesn't exactly bring his A-game, giving a rather bland and mediocre performance.

Yet Greengrass is able to inject some excitement into the film with several intense chases and fight sequences. Thought the plot's ridiculous and formulaic, Jason Bourne is able to get by on its well-choreographed action and goodwill for the character leftover from the previous films.