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Jason Bourne. (film) Jason Bourne is a 2016 American action-thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. It is the fifth installment of the Bourne film series and a direct sequel to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). Matt Damon reprises his role as the main character, former CIA assassin Jason Bourne.
- Matt Damon Felt Bourne Had Run Its Course
- Why Matt Damon Came Back For Bourne 5
- How The Bourne Legacy Was Received Without Matt Damon
Director Paul Greengrass Was Also Ready To Move On
It was certainly surprising that Matt Damon was replaced by Jeremy Renner for The Bourne Legacy, especially as it strayed from Ludlum’s novels. Damon was the one who decided to leave the franchise, and he had a number of reasons for doing so. Mainly, the actor felt the Bournefranchise had run out of road for his character. By the end of The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne had fully recovered his memory and dealt with the corrupt CIA officials trying to get rid of him. Bourne would have needed...
Damon Reprised His Role Nearly A Decade Later
In 2016, nine years after Damon’s last appearance as Jason Bourne, both Greengrass and Matt Damon returned for the fifth, and potentially final, Bourne movie, Jason Bourne. Universal Pictures was keen to get Damon and Greengrass back and felt there was more to Jason Bourne’s story. Damon was in conversation the studio and had realized he was not as done with Bourne as he thought he was. The actor also spoke to Greengrass who, fortunately, decided to come up with ideas for another film, and th...
Jason Bourne's Absence Was Felt
Despite Jeremy Renner being an Oscar-nominated actor who was proving himself a franchise star as well with the Mission: Impossible movies and his time as Hawkeye in the MCU, fans did not seem overly interested in a Bourne movie that did not have Jason Bourne in it. Matt Damon's Bourne movies exposed a wider universe that explored some intriguing ideas about surveillance, but in the end, the character of Jason Bourne was really the best part of these movies. Renner's The Bourne Legacy was a so...
Jason Bourne: Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel. The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.
- (244K)
- Action, Thriller
- Paul Greengrass
- 2016-07-29
"Jason Bourne" may entice ticket buyers with prospects of a creative and adrenalin-pumping reunion between Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass, a duo that went beyond typical blockbuster expectations with "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum." Being a fan of both of those movies, I too had high hopes for a return to form for the character who shares a monogram with 007.
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- Jason Bourne (2016) Matt Damon returned to the Bourne franchise in spectacular fashion when he reprised his role as the highly-skilled titular assassin in Jason Bourne, the last entry in the blockbuster film series that unsurprisingly finds the ex-CIA agent on the run yet again as a new threat emerges in the form of CIA director Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones).
- The Bourne Legacy (2012) The Bourne Legacy is the only film entry in the celebrated franchise to not feature the appearance of Matt Damon, as the actor opted not to reprise his role due to director Paul Greengrass not being involved in the installment.
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Widely regarded as the greatest installment of the adrenaline-pumping series, The Bourne Ultimatum chronicles Jason Bourne's continous efforts to learn more details about his past after finally discovering his real name at the conclusion of the second film.
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004) Jason Bourne's riveting story continues in the highly-anticipated sequel The Bourne Supremacy, once again focusing on the former CIA assassin as he attempts to live a low-key life in Goa, India with Marie Kreutz while still coping with his amnesia.
Mar 12, 2023 · Jason Bourne (2016) Matt Damon returns for the series’ self-titled fifth movie, set 12 years after The Bourne Ultimatum. Bourne, memory intact, earns his way by streetfighting in Greece before ...
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