To see Jason Bourne, the 4th film in the Matt Damon Bourne series. Let's gloss over the Bourne Legacy, just as director Paul Greengrass and the other writer, editor Christopher Rouse, did. Poor old, marginalised Jeremy Renner. He's got to be the richest "poor man's Matt Damon" going around.
This 4th Bourne, coming nearly 10 years after Damon did one into a river, manages to track down our battered and bruising protagonist pretty easily. Lots of neat tech on display here. Damon himself looks grizzled and serious as ever.
Cards on the table here. I'm a big fan of the Bourne films (again, leaving aside Legacy) so I brought some positive baggage into the cinema, and I wasn't disappointed with Jason. It's exciting where it needs to be, dramatic in places and fun all the way through.
Greengrass is a master of watchably frenetic camerawork and co-writer Rouse edits without falling into the 'Transformers' trap of not being able to fucking see ANYTHING! Alicia Vikander steals a few things and Vincent Cassell is sneeringly fine but Tommy Lee Jones seems to be turning into a caricature.
The action could be perfunctory but Bourne action is always a bit above the norm. Sniper sights through smoky Greek streets and London crowds, motorcycle up staircases in Athens, a very Bourney lift in an old European building. But the pinnacle of HAVE THAT is a ridiculous car chase where a SWAT truck driven by Cassel ploughs through a traffic jam, most likely killing and injuring dozens of hapless Vegas punters. And they call that guy the 'Asset'.
There was one slight query plot-wise.
Vikander and Riz Ahmed's IT entrepreneur seem to have a relationship that isn't explained. Something set-up for next installment, maybe. I'll be there.
Oh and the remix of Extreme Ways at the end was mint too. Thanks for listening. Bye.
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