As a fan of the trilogy I was expecting it to be a great sequel.
The movie started off with an unsatisfying and illogical premise. It could not tie up the story properly the past and did not move towards a solid future either. The plot felt extremely artificial and conjured up.
Director Paul Greengrass brought the same quintessential Bourne tension to the film, and I must say the direction and screenplay was amazing. Shout-out to a new character called Heather Lee, played by Alicia Vikander, who was (for me) the highlight of the movie. Her performance was brilliant.
At many moments I was really enjoying the film. (In another review a person mentions that the same Bourne formula was used, that we love). But what lacked here was a proper story, and for me that is the most important aspect of the Bourne Series.
What bothers me most is that if they did decide to pick up Bourne again, they could have decided to be a little slow in building a more proper narrative (as they had in Identity), but they decided to rush everything without going into any profound detail. So the film does not seem necessary to the Bourne trilogy. There is obviously new information used to bring back Bourne, but it was highly unsatisfying and underdeveloped as a storyline.
Undoubtedly this is the most forgettable movie from the four films and as a fan I'm extremely disappointed. Justice has not been done to Jason Bourne.
The movie started off with an unsatisfying and illogical premise. It could not tie up the story properly the past and did not move towards a solid future either. The plot felt extremely artificial and conjured up.
Director Paul Greengrass brought the same quintessential Bourne tension to the film, and I must say the direction and screenplay was amazing. Shout-out to a new character called Heather Lee, played by Alicia Vikander, who was (for me) the highlight of the movie. Her performance was brilliant.
At many moments I was really enjoying the film. (In another review a person mentions that the same Bourne formula was used, that we love). But what lacked here was a proper story, and for me that is the most important aspect of the Bourne Series.
What bothers me most is that if they did decide to pick up Bourne again, they could have decided to be a little slow in building a more proper narrative (as they had in Identity), but they decided to rush everything without going into any profound detail. So the film does not seem necessary to the Bourne trilogy. There is obviously new information used to bring back Bourne, but it was highly unsatisfying and underdeveloped as a storyline.
Undoubtedly this is the most forgettable movie from the four films and as a fan I'm extremely disappointed. Justice has not been done to Jason Bourne.
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