Sunday, August 14, 2016

Jason Bourne


It's been awhile I'll admit since I blogged, but I've seen three movies worth reviewing, so those will be put up over the next three days. Sorry for the inactivity, but you will still see me around here and there whenever there's a good movie to talk about. So without further-a-do, Jason Bourne!



J A S O N B O U R N E



Jason Bourne has been living off of the grid for a number of years after the events of The Bourne Ultimatum. He's been going around fighting for money, knocking them out with only one or
two punches. Nicky Parsons has also been off the grid trying to expose the CIA’s secret operations. She goes to a warehouse and hacks into the CIA’s mainframe and pulls out files on all of their operations from Treadstone to Black Rock, a new op that, we find later on, will spy on everyone in the USA through an app.
When Nicky downloads the files, Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander), a computer analyst, puts a malware on the files so that once they're opened, the CIA can track where the files are. So Nicky gets the files and then goes to find Bourne in Germany during a protest. All the while, the CIA follows Nicky and they are trying to get the files back.
They send an agent there to go take her out, but the they soon find out that Bourne is involved. Heather Lee is the head of the operation to get Parsons and hopefully bring Bourne in or to kill him. Tommy Lee Jones was the one to give Heather the operation and wants Bourne dead. So there's a whole skirmish where Bourne takes out the Alpha Squad that was sent in and is trying to avoid Bravo.
Nicky and Bourne split up so they can meet up somewhere else. The agent sent in to take out Nicky arrives and is about to run Nicky over but Bourne comes in on a cop’s motorcycle. They book it and the agent receives instructions from Lee to go to a building, assume a sniper position and take out Nicky. He assumes the position and while he's waiting for the shot, Nicky tells Bourne there's more to Treadstone that involves his father.
Just as she says that, she gets shot and Bourne and Nicky fly off the bike. The sniper however does not move out. He stays behind waiting for Bourne, which Lee picks up as the two having history. Bourne doesn't show in time so the sniper finishes Nicky off just as she throws the drive containing the CIA files to Bourne. Then he leaves. Bourne grabs the drive and goes to a hacker who opens the files.
As soon as the files are opened, Lee tracks Bourne down as he's reading the files. Should I say what they're about? Well, all I'll say is that they reveal more about Bourne's origins. Lee accesses
a phone nearby and uses the phone to wipe the drive, then she calls Bourne. She wants to bring him in. Tommy Lee Jones doesn't.
So he takes the phone from Lee and keeps Bourne occupied while a police force is inbound. Lee texts the phone telling Bourne to get out. She does some research on Bourne and finds out that she could use his feeling of missing a part of himself after leaving Treadstone to bring him in. She asks Tommy Lee Jones to head an operation to get Bourne cornered. He agrees but calls the agent that killed Nicky and makes his own operation with him. As Nick Fury would call it, Jones compartmentalizes. The day of Lee’s op, the agent kills Lee’s Alpha and Bravo Teams and goes to kill Bourne.
There's a lot more that happens afterwards, and I've told enough. It's worth watching trust me. There's plenty of action, punching, explosions, and a lot of cool CIA Agent stuff that only Bourne can pull off because he's a freaking boss. I think they should have him say "I'm Bourne," because he's just as badass as Batman, if not more so.



Ratings:
Story-line- 8/10 Stars The story isn't very important, but it does carry the movie so that it doesn't seem like it's just another Michael Bay film where everything blows up. It's also interesting to see how this one kind of ties off the other four Bourne films, and gives more insight into who Jason is and why he joined.
Family Friendliness- 7/10 Agents More for your 13 year olds and up, there is a lot of blood and fighting and violence. A lot of things go BOOM but it's really cool to see.
Story-Action Balance- 8/10 Pistols There is a nice balance of where the story is continued and how the action comes into play because of the story. There really isn't a place where you'll lose where the story left off, so you'll be able to keep up.
Overall- 8/10 Agencies This is a phenomenal movie, and I loved seeing Matt Damon coming back to reprise his role as the agent that could kick James Bond's butt anytime anywhere. They should make a movie about that, I'd love to see Bourne kick Bond in the face. Sorry 007 lovers.


J A S O N B O U R N E


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