The Bourne Supremacy Review

The Bourne Supremacy 

Release Date: 26th August 2004 - Australia

Production Companies

Universal Pictures
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Ludlum Entertainment, Inc (in association with)
Motion Picture THETA Produktionsgesellschaft (in association with)
Hypnotic (uncredited)

Distribution 

Universal Pictures Australia

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 108 minutes


Budget: $75,000,000

Box Office Gross: $288,500,217
(Worldwide)

Plot Summary
When Jason Bourne is
framed for a botched
CIA operation he is
forced to take up his
former life as a trained
assassin to survive.

Cast

Matt Damon - Jason Bourne

Franka Potente - Maria 
Helena Kreutz

Julia Stiles - Nicky Parsons

Karl Urban - Krill

Brian Cox - Ward Abbott
Gabriel Mann - Zorn

Marton Csokas - Jarda

Joan Allen - Pamela Landy

Tom Gallop - Tom Cronin

John Bedford Lloyd - Teddy

Ethan Sandler - Kurt

Michelle Monaghan - Kim

Karel Roden - Gretkov

Tomas Arana - Martin Marshall

Oksana Akinshina - Irena Neski

Jevgeni Sitochin - Mr. Neski

Marina Weis-Burgaslieva - Mrs. Neski

Tim Griffin - Nevins

Sean Smith - Vic

Maxim Kovalevski - Ivan

Patrick Crowley - Jack Weller

Crew

Director - Paul Greengrass
Based on Novel "The Bourne Supremacy" - Robert Ludlum
Writer - Tony Gilroy
Executive Producers - Doug Liman, Henry Morrison and Jeffrey M. Weiner
Producers - Patrick Crowley,
Frank Marshall and Paul
Sandberg

Co-Producer - Andrew R. Tennenbaum
Production Designer - Dominic Watkins

Supervising Art Director - Peter Wenham

Set Decorator - Bernhard Heinrich
Costume Designer - Dinah Collin
Director of Photography - Oliver Wood
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Dan Bradley

Stunt Coordinator: Second Unit - Darrin Prescott
Fight Stunt Coordinator - Jeff Imada
Special Effects Supervisors - Uli Nefzer and 

Kit West
Special Effects Supervisor: Underwater Unit - 

David Payne
Visual Effects Supervisor - Pablo Helman 

Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - 

Mark Casey
Film Editors - Richard Pearson and 

Christopher Rouse
Music - John Powell
Writer/Producer/Singer: Extreme Ways - Moby

Review 

Due to the release of 'Jason Bourne', I decided to have a marathon of 'Bourne' films which I began with 'The Bourne Identity'. The second instalment of the action series 'THE BOURNE SUPREMACY' was a bit of a step-down from the original. There were a few problems with this movie, firstly the slow pacing of which there's a lot of political nonsense happening at the Pentagon. The camera work was shaky in some scenes particularly where Bourne uses the Jeet Kune Do fighting style against the hitman and finally, my last compliant about is the movie was that the plot seemed recycled from the first movie as it copied scenes such as the car chase, the fight with the assassin and story being again that he is on the run with a girl while the CIA are hunting him down. Just seems too much like deja vu. The direction of Paul Greengrass wasn't bad, he was taking guidance from the previous director Doug Liman who is the film's executive producer. It still prides itself as an action thriller with sequences that are very comparable to the first film.

Matt Damon is still the lead actor to portray this significant character who is yet to discover his true identity while the CIA is on to him. Karl Urban is noticeably recognisable in this movie as the assassin who is sent to kill Bourne. Probably the biggest moment in the movie was the Moscow car chase climax which has the biggest adrenaline rush that is definitely the best scene of 'SUPREMACY' for me.

This was a fine movie to see which I rather enjoyed and think it is a worthy addition to the library of espionage spy thrillers. To reiterate my only concerns were that it seemed to be the rehash of the first and the pacing was sluggish. But this should not prevent you from watching this as it has much to offer.

Star rating: (7/10) Good Movie

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