The Bourne Identity
There have been five launching in theJason Bournefranchise but which are the best bourn flick of all ? Adapted from the novels written by the late Robert Ludlum ( and continued by Eric Van Lustbader ) , Jason Bourne is a pernicious CIA assassin bear from amnesia . Portrayed by Matt Damon in four feature films , Jason Bourne essentially gave audiences an American eq to James Bond and helped redefine activity movies in the 21st C .
Director Doug Liman was tapped to helm the 2002 feature article flick version ofThe Bourne Identity , with Damon as an unlikely alternative to play the titular assassin . The picture show ’s surprisal success launched the franchise that construe Paul Greengrass take over for the next three motion-picture show with Damon starring while there was also a spinoff movie star Jeremy Renner . Through its grounded take onthe spy movie genreto its visceral action to the compelling new action hero the serial introduces , theBournemovies provided a great movie franchise . However , it is readable that there are some movies in the enfranchisement that are superior to others .
5The Bourne Legacy (2012)
In the spinoffThe Bourne Legacy , Tony Gilroy step in as music director , working from a script by himself and his brother Dan Gilroy , and they usher in a fresh hero named Aaron Cross ( Jeremy Renner ) . Cross is part of another CIA program breed genetically heighten superintendent - soldier called Operation Outcome using chemicals to enhance word and superhuman abilities . Parts ofThe Bourne Legacyhappen concurrently withThe Bourne Ultimatumso that when Jason Bourne ultimately get Operation Treadstone and Blackbriar shut out down , the Agency also pull the plug on Operation Outcome and attempts to eliminate its agents , including Aaron Cross , who goes on the run with biochemist Dr. Marta Shearing ( Rachel Weisz ) .
Though Renner is a solid activeness hero , he does n’t draw out the same variety of sympathy Damon does as Bourne , and Gilroy ’s natural action sequences lack Greengrass ' shaky - cam panache that became a calling card of the franchise . Despite good supporting performance by Weisz and Edward Norton as Eric Byer , who is the mastermind of all the various , secret CIA Operations , The Bourne Legacyreceived the weakest critical reception of the series to that gunpoint . As the lowest - earning movie of the dealership at the domestic box office , it ’s no surprisethere was noBourne Legacy 2 .
4Jason Bourne (2016)
Nine years afterThe Bourne Ultimatum ’s achiever , Matt Damon returned inJason Bourne , with Paul Greengrass also back head . It plunges Bourne into 2016 ’s political and ethnic clime of net privacy , whistleblower , and data mining - issues Bourne ca n’t easily solve by shoot them . In turn , Bourne faces new enemies at the CIA , admit Tommy Lee Jones as Robert Dewey , the new CIA Director , and Alicia Vikander as Heather Lee , the head of the Cyber Ops Division . They attempt to eliminate Bourne when he discovers his founder , Richard Webb , was the creator of Treadstone and that he was kill to provoke David Webb to enroll the program and become Jason Bourne .
Greengrass ' signature activity scene come back with Bourne face off against a new Blackbriar assassinator , the Asset ( Vincent Cassel ) , and the violence spans Greece , Berlin , London , with a sensational centrepiece chase sequence in Las Vegas . Julia Stiles ' CIA psychoanalyst Nicky Parsons , the only other character who has been in everyBournefilm starring Damon , makes her final appearance . However , the tale feel as though it abandons the strand and gritty feel of the other moving picture . While there were questions aboutwhat happened to Jason after the originalBournetrilogy , the answer allow here are not worthwhile . It proved to be a dissatisfactory comeback both critically and financially .
3The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bourne Identitykicked off the franchise , introducing Matt Damon as the title character , a CIA assassin stomach from amnesia . After being fished out of the Mediterranean Sea and nursed back to health , Jason Bourne travel to Zurich and Paris on a quest to discover who he is . Meanwhile , his CIA overseer , Alexander Conklin ( Chris Cooper ) , spark several other Treadstone assets to excrete Bourne , like the Professor ( Clive Owen ) . In the process , Bourne meets literally his only friend in the macrocosm , a German drifter name Marie ( Franka Potente ) . While the movie ’s story is significantly changed , The Bourne Identityis still the secretive any of the movies stuck to the original novel by Robert Ludlum .
Directed by Doug Liman , The Bourne Identityintroduces legion characters and construct that would carry on throughout the deliver the goods moving-picture show , like Treadstone , the secret program that created Jason Bourne and other agents like him . ThoughMatt Damon was n’t the first to bet Bourneon projection screen , he make the character an action movie icon . compare to what would come next , The Bourne Identity ’s action sequence feel almost restrained , economize for a thrilling car chase in the street of Paris . But as good asThe Bourne Identityis , the in force was still to come for Jason Bourne .
2The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
WithThe Bourne Supremacy , Paul Greengrass takes over as manager and redefines the entire franchise with his kinetic , handheld shooting fashion . Set two old age afterThe Bourne Identity , Jason Bourne finds himself cast by the nefarious CIA Deputy Director Ward Abbott ( Brian Cox ) , drawing Bourne back to a delegation of vengeance as he discovers why the CIA is targeting him once again . It all draw back to Bourne ’s first mission to assassinate a Russian diplomatist , which lead to a stunning ending as Bourne fights his manner to Moscow so that he can personally apologize to Irena Neski ( Oksana Akinshina ) , the daughter of the military man he kill .
dissipate in Goa , Berlin , and Moscow , Greengrass ' takeover of theBournefranchise resulted in a more propulsive , nonrational film that provided a greater showcase of Jason Bourne ’s ability and his capacity for lateral job - solving . WhileBourne Supremacykilling off Mariewas dissatisfactory , it made Jason sympathetic as a zep alone against the cosmos once again . It also gives the motion-picture show a propulsive zip as there seems to be nothing that can stop him on his delegation . This leads to an epic showdown with a Russian assassin ( Karl Urban ) which lead in the capital car chase in the enfranchisement and a unflawed natural process chronological succession . Though the franchise was already a bang , this was an authoritative measure in making it truly limited .
1The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
The Bourne Ultimatumcompletes the original Bourne trilogy of films and answers the major questions about the titular assassin and his macrocosm . A few weeks after the outcome ofThe Bourne Supremacy , Jason Bourne learns of an unmasking byThe Guardianabout Treadstone and Blackbriar . After the newsperson is obliterate , Bourne go on an outside manhunt to learn the secret of Treadstone and discovers his on-key name , David Webb . Meanwhile , Pamela Landy works with Bourne to publicly expose Blackbriar , which culminate in Bourne visiting the Treadstone facility in New York City before evading CIA seizure once again .
Director Paul Greengrass ' grand finale to the trilogy ramps up the action even further and he shot the film in Tangier , London , Paris , Madrid , Berlin , and New York City , where Bourne engages in a showstopping car Salmon Portland Chase in the street of Manhattan . The overall spark of the amnesiacJason Bourne and his originis satisfyingly resolved without some of the forced twists that came subsequently . In the end , The Bourne Ultimatumstands as not just the good movie of the franchise , it ’s also the highest - grossingJason Bournemovie , and one of the best action mechanism movie of the decade of the 2000s .
