Bourne Identity / Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Identity. 2002. Directed by Doug Liman. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy and W. Blake Herron, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles.
The Bourne Supremacy. 2004. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Starring Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles.
The Bourne movies are not movies you absolutely need to see, but should you decide to, you should enjoy them thoroughly. They are intelligent action movies; suspenseful, interesting, filled with well crafted characters. I watched them very close to each other. If pressed, I would rank the first film as the better of the two but they are of fairly equal quality. Matt Damon does a nice job in the lead role as a trained assassin who awakes to discover that all memory of his identity is gone. He figures out quite easily what he used to be, based on the skills he possesses and the stash of cash in his safety deposit box. Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, and in the second film Joan Allen make a good collection of government officials as they oversee and then try to terminate a failed government experiment. I was engrossed throughout both films. Action films these days often allow you to check your brain at the door, feel free to bring your brain along for these thrillers.
Both films: B+
The Bourne Supremacy. 2004. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Starring Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles.
The Bourne movies are not movies you absolutely need to see, but should you decide to, you should enjoy them thoroughly. They are intelligent action movies; suspenseful, interesting, filled with well crafted characters. I watched them very close to each other. If pressed, I would rank the first film as the better of the two but they are of fairly equal quality. Matt Damon does a nice job in the lead role as a trained assassin who awakes to discover that all memory of his identity is gone. He figures out quite easily what he used to be, based on the skills he possesses and the stash of cash in his safety deposit box. Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, and in the second film Joan Allen make a good collection of government officials as they oversee and then try to terminate a failed government experiment. I was engrossed throughout both films. Action films these days often allow you to check your brain at the door, feel free to bring your brain along for these thrillers.
Both films: B+
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