Verdict: A nail-biting good time as the charismatic Jeremy
Renner picks up where Matt Damon left off.
Like any good spy
thriller, this fourth instalment of the celebrated Bourne film series that
began with The Bourne Identity
(2002), is laced with deception, endless double-crossing, spin-the-globe
locations, lots of shooting and explosions, and the requisite big car chase
scene at the end. Gilroy (who wrote the first three films in the series and
co-wrote this one) obviously knows his way around the formula – and the end
result is a nail-biting good time from start to finish.
When Jason Bourne (Matt
Damon’s photo) turns up in New York and risks exposing the CIA’s entire covert
‘Outcome’ intelligence operation of which he is the key element, the decision
is made to eliminate all the project’s ‘assets’ and shut the program down. What
those responsible didn’t count on, was one of their assets – Aaron Cross
(Jeremy Renner) – taking them on at their own game in an attempt to come in
from the cold (both literally and metaphorically).
