Review of Jason Bourne (2016) by Joannastelling — 07 Aug 2016

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Not only is the editing frenetic, way over the top and confusing, there is such a thin plot, so overstuffed with special effects and people walking around different citites glaring at each other and stalking each other, that it's almost ludicrous.

The "motivation" for poor Jason iis a story that has been told so many times before, in so many other movies, that it just produces a sigh of annoyance when it is finally revealed. If you want headache inducing quick cuts, over real character (Jason has been reduced to some kind of superhuman robot who seemingly can't be killed).

Matt Damon has become two dimensional and the director gives him nothing to act against. There is good, there is evil. There is violence, there is some tension, but whoever thinks that watching a computer download files over and over again while someone stares at the screen, should rethink what is inherently dramatic.

In one early scene, which seems never to end, we have rioting, fires, chases, shooting, treachery, death, injury, the obligatory car chases, helicopters, glaring (again) evil people, grim (again) good people.

This overstuffed sandwich induces nausea. We see Jason in Greece, fighting, being stalked by the evil people. We see Jason in Berlin, fighting and being stalked by the evil people. We see Jason in London, fighting, and being stalked by the evil people.

If bigger is better, you'll like this movie. If you don't care about real plot, real character, or true dramatic tension, you'll like this movie. For me, no more Jason Bourne.