Jason Bourne once again finding himself on the run and having to rely on his training and skills to survive after he is framed for murder.
Given that the first film was about Bourne trying to piece his life back together and find out his true identity, the first film was always going to have more of a sense of intrigue about (it was a chase picture as well so it also had the suspense and fast-pace). Supremacy is still successful, but is slightly in the shadow of Identity.
To be fair to Supremacy, it does still have enough pace, incident and narrative content to make it enjoyable, but it doesn't offer much that wasn't seen in the first film and without the other strand of Bourne trying to figure out who was it lacks the fun of putting the jigsaw together that was offered in the first film.
The cast are good though with a lot of good performances from a solid and reliable cast. The direction is slick and pacey, but once again the film trips itself up with the awful camera work (It wasn't great in the first film, but it seemed to be even worse second time around). This becomes a bigger problem in the fight scenes as half the time you can't problem see what is going on, who has the upper hand etc which takes away some of the enjoyment value within the film.
Supremacy is a solid 7 out of 10 all day long, but loses a star for the unbearable camera work.
Given that the first film was about Bourne trying to piece his life back together and find out his true identity, the first film was always going to have more of a sense of intrigue about (it was a chase picture as well so it also had the suspense and fast-pace). Supremacy is still successful, but is slightly in the shadow of Identity.
To be fair to Supremacy, it does still have enough pace, incident and narrative content to make it enjoyable, but it doesn't offer much that wasn't seen in the first film and without the other strand of Bourne trying to figure out who was it lacks the fun of putting the jigsaw together that was offered in the first film.
The cast are good though with a lot of good performances from a solid and reliable cast. The direction is slick and pacey, but once again the film trips itself up with the awful camera work (It wasn't great in the first film, but it seemed to be even worse second time around). This becomes a bigger problem in the fight scenes as half the time you can't problem see what is going on, who has the upper hand etc which takes away some of the enjoyment value within the film.
Supremacy is a solid 7 out of 10 all day long, but loses a star for the unbearable camera work.