THE BOURNE SUPREMACY [2004] review

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY did not hold up as well on its second viewing at THE BOURNE IDENTITY did last week. Still, it was a very good action movie, but I feel it was lacking the emotional drawing in of IDENTITY most likely due to the lack of a female lead in this movie. Also, having already known the shocking event in the opening of the movie, maybe that lessoned the second viewing for me.

…The actions scenes with Bourne using some incredible hand-to-hand combat skills are real and visceral in a way that no other action movies these days are. No gimmicks, no CD, no slow motion. Just fast hands moving in close quarters. I think that’s it for me, NO slow motion at all in this movie. It all happens in real time. … That means the movie has real content and that the fighting scenes were written and acted well enough to be seen and understood in real-time. I mostly feel the use of slow motion in a movie is a gimmick, a manipulation. Star Wars also doesn’t use any slow motion.

…The ending of SUPREMACY was also not as satisfying at IDENTITY. Even though we got to greatly understand the background of Bourne more, the emotional impact wasn’t that great. However, the scene with Bourne telling a young female character what really happened to her parents was great. Again, very real, not overly dramatic.

…I have no idea what the story of the film could possibly be. I can only guess it must be a totally new story, completely independent of the mythology of the first two films.

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