So little artistry went into making this movie that it’s hard to even call Paul Greengrass its “director.” It wasn’t so much edited as jammed together. “Jason Bourne” might as well have been shot and assembled by a seven-year-old with ADD that hasn’t taken his Ritalin. Cut to shaky-cam motorcycle chase with no sense of geography. Another five-word-sentence conversation and more shaky cam. Quick cut to person typing on computer: Beep, boop, beep. “Conversation” with 5-word sentences using spy and techno-jargon. None of the elements work: the film covers no new ground, it lacks any energy, and it simply feels tired, making “Jason Bourne” the lamest of all in the series. Instead of taking his time and showing off the pageantry of stunt driving with a steady hand (see the legendary cinematic car chases in Quentin Tarantino’s “Death Proof,” William Friedkin’s “The French Connection,” Peter Yates’ “Bullit,” Justin Lin’s “Fast Five,” or hell, even Michael Bay’s “Bad Boys II“), Greengrass once again opts for the lazy way out and gives us a messy commotion of three second snippets that seem to be edited together in a blender on the high setting.
Greengrass sucks all the fun out of what should’ve been a spectacular car chase down the Las Vegas strip. It’s a filmmaking style for those with short attention spans and it’s a sign of extreme laziness. Paul Greengrass is one of my least favorite directors, mainly because he loves that fast cutting junk where I can’t tell what is going on in the movie. What a pity that she’s not given much to do.Įven the action sequences are inexcusably incoherent. There’s little in the way of character development and the only actor who’s enjoyable here is franchise veteran Julia Stiles. Even the talented Alicia Vikander phones in her questionable performance (is she supposed to have an accent or not?) and Tommy Lee Jones plays yet another scowling caricature of a sinister government official. Matt Damon is back as Jason Bourne and it feels like he’s sleepwalking through the entire movie. I actually felt bad for the actors having to deliver such dreadful dialogue their onscreen characters literally describe everything that’s happening as it unfolds (“It’s Bourne!” and “I’m going to shoot!” and “He’s running upstairs!” and “The files are downloaded!”). Bourne gets chased, throws some punches, and gets away. The entire film feels like it’s written using nothing more than the vocabulary of a 12 year old and consists of two very tiring hours of repetition.
“Jason Bourne” is a spy movie for imbeciles.
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