Bourne is on the run from the CIA. Blackbriar is now headed by Noah Vosen after Abbott (spoilers) committed suicide. Vosen considers Bourne a threat to the operation, and is attempting to kill him. Pam Landy is now Vosen's second-in-command, even though she proves to be Bourne's biggest ally. Bourne is now teamed with Nicky Parsons, as they run from the corrupt Blackbriar units, as Bourne tries to remember who he was before Treadstone, and how he got there. Matt Damon is just as tormented and dark as before, and is just as bad-ass. He is perfectly cast for the role of Bourne (real name: David Webb). Julia Stiles is Parsons, now Bourne's main ally, who travels the world with him, avoiding Vosen's forces. Joan Allen returns as Landy, now put in the second command seat, and often ignored by Vosen. David Strathairn plays Vosen, the main villain. He is a sinister man who tries to kill Bourne to tie loose ends, and cut Bourne's ties to Blackbriar and Treadstone. Albert Finney plays Dr. Albert Hirsch, the corrupt creator of Treadstone, creator of the Bourne persona, and trainer of the Treadstone operatives. Hirsch serves as the secondary villain. Scott Glenn plays corrupt CIA head Ezra Kramer, and Vosen's boss. Colin Stinton plays Neal Daniels, who witnessed Bourne's transformation by Treadstone, now head of the CIA station in Madrid. Tom Gallop returns as Landy's assisstant Tom Cronin. Corey Johnson plays Ray Willis, the opposite of Cronin and Vosen's assisstant. Joey Ansah and Edgar Ramirez plays Desh Bouksani and Paz, two Treadstone assassins sent to kill Bourne. Daniel Bruhn is Martin Kreutz, Marie's stepbrother, whom Bourne informs of Marie's death at the hands of Kirill. Paddy Considine plays Simon Ross, a British reporter for "The Guardian", who is going to write an expose on Bourne and Treadstone. There is not as much action in this film, mostly talking, but the end conforntation is great, as are the other small action scenes. As always, the writing and directing are great. Paul Greengrass, does a great job. Overall, The Bourne Ultimatum may not be the best, but it's certainly exhilirating and entertaining as hell. 4/5 stars.
The Bourne Legacy:
Aaron Cross, a volunteer for Outcome, a medical testing program, is at a training post in Alaska. But, Eric Byer, a CIA head, decides to destroy their post, killing a fellow Outcome agent. He does this because of the impact of Bourne's actions and the destruction of Blackbriar. Cross makes it to America, teaming up with the sexy Dr. Marta Shearing, a doctor at Outcome, to find out about this conspiracy, discover who he really is, and to find out his ties to Jason Bourne. Jeremy Renner is great as cross, a bad-ass, Bourne-like agent with exceptional skills. Rachel Weisz is Shearing, forming from damsel in distress to strong woman at the end. Edward Norton is great as Byer, a malevolent CIA head, and the leader of this Outcome investigation. Louis Ozawa Changchien plays LARX #3, an Taiwanese Outcome assassin sent to kill Cross. Joan Allen, David Strathairn, and Albert Finney return in supporting roles as Landy, Vosen, and Hirsch. Zeljko Ivanek plays Dr. Foite, Shearing's psycho co-worker. Donna Murphy and Stacy Keach (who starred with Norton in American History X) play assisstants to Byer. Scott Glenn returns as Ezra Kramer, a sinsister supporting role. Oscar Isaac makes a cameo as Number Three, an Outcome agent in Alaska with Cross. The action is very good, the most action in any of the movies. from the opening hunting scenes and drone scene, to the intense gunfight at Shearing's country home, to the suspensful chase at the Outcome factory in Manila, to the final and very long car/motorcycle chase in Thailand. The music by James Newton Howard is good, and "Extreme Ways" is remixed at the end. The writing is clever and intriguing, and is directed by Tony Gilroy, who wrote this film and the original trilogy. The Bourne Legacy, like last year's Rise of the Planet of the Apes demands a sequel, maybe a trilogy, and I can't wait to see what comes next. 3.5/5 stars.
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