The Bourne franchise returns with a new cast, characters, and science-fiction plotlines. In fact, this movie really has nothing to do with Bourne at all, excecpt that they keep mentioning Matt Damon\u2019s character throughout the movie, as if to say \u201csee, this IS another Bourne movie and just as cool as the other ones.\u201d Except that it\u2019s not as cool as the other ones. The fact that the movie is peppered throughout with lines like \u201cyou thought Jason Bourne was the whole story? He\u2019s just the tip of the iceberg!\u201d makes the movie seem really desperate to prove to us that they can make an enjoyable Bourne movie without Matt Damon. I think they probably could, too, but this isn\u2019t it.<\/p>\n
The first, what seems like an hour, of the movie is Jeremy Renner, the new lead, climbing up a snowy mountain and through the cold wilderness. Why are they showing us this? To show how awesome Aaron (yeah, the action hero\u2019s name is Aaron) is. Jason BOURNE couldn\u2019t do this! Actually he could, they just wouldn\u2019t have spent half the movie making us sit through it. Then we have Edward Norton trying to track him down, but not really doing much besides sitting in his office saying how awesome Aaron is and why he\u2019s cooler than Bourne. Please like him! Please! Okay, he\u2019s not Matt Damon, but he\u2019s still really cool, right? Just give him a chance! <\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think Renner is the problem here \u2013 I think the movie is. Apparently there are pills that all the spy\u2019s take that gives them superpowers. If you think that\u2019s crazy, there\u2019s more. A super-villain exists that they experimented on to give even more powers, and he\u2019s tracking down Aaron. Yes, super-villains, super-powers, this all exists in a Bourne movie. I know these aren\u2019t the most realistic movies, but this is taking it to a whole other level of implausibility. Jason Bourne didn\u2019t need pills or super-powers to be awesome, he just was. Even with the pills, Aaron couldn\u2019t carry Bourne\u2019s jock-strap.<\/p>\n
Most of this movie is so ridiculous that it\u2019s laughable. For example, when Aaron brutally kills anyone who crosses him, whether they deserve it or not. Or the villain that, like Terminator\u2019s T-1000, seems to be unfazed and unharmed by any amount of damage he inflicts. There are a few good moments here, but overall, the constant plea to love Aaron and appreciate this movie didn\u2019t work on me. <\/p>\n
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