The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Writers (WGA):

Robert Ludlum (novel)
Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

They should have left him alone.

Plot:

When Jason Bourne is framed for a botched CIA operation he is forced to take up his former life as a trained assassin to survive.

Plot Keywords:

Jason Bourne | CIA | Assassin | Train | Shot In The Back

Awards:

5 wins & 19 nominations

Cast

Matt Damon	...	Jason Bourne
Franka Potente	...	Marie
Brian Cox	...	Ward Abbott
Julia Stiles	...	Nicky
Karl Urban	...	Kirill
Gabriel Mann	...	Danny Zorn
Joan Allen	...	Pamela Landy
Marton Csokas	...	Jarda
Tom Gallop	...	Tom Cronin
John Bedford Lloyd	...	Teddy
Ethan Sandler	...	Kurt
Michelle Monaghan	...	Kim
Karel Roden	...	Gretkov
Tomas Arana	...	Martin Marshall
Oksana Akinshina	...	Irena Neski

Also Known As:

Die Bourne Verschwörung (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense action, and for brief language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | Russian | German | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Malaysia:18SG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40976) | Canada:PG | Italy:T | New Zealand:M | India:A | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Alexanderplatz, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The film originally ended with the confession to Neski's daughter. Following previews, which found the ending too bleak, the New York postscript scene with Bourne and Landy was shot, just weeks before the film's release in the summer of 2004.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Landy calls Nevins in Naples after Bourne has escaped, she says "I want you to secure that area." But when Bourne plays back the conversation on his tape recorder, Landy is saying "I want that area secured."

Quotes:

[first lines]
Conklin: [voiceover - memories] This is not a drill, soldier. We clear on that? This is a live project. You're a go. Training is over. Training is over.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Evolution of Nicky (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Extreme Ways

Spy Movies Haven't Been This Cool Since The '60s

THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (3+ outta 5 stars) Nifty follow-up to "The Bourne Identity", one of the best action-thrillers to come out in recent years. Even though these movies don't skimp on excitement they also provide plenty of story and character development so that you don't feel you're being bombarded with one idiotic action sequence after another. The storyline isn't quite as gripping as the first... at times it seems to be just repeating itself... but ultimately the movie proves itself to be a worthy successor, thanks to the performances (Matt Damon as Bourne, Brian Cox as the head of a super-secret US spy agency... and the addition of Joan Allen as a determined investigator determined to track down and neutralize Bourne). Franka Potente doesn't have as much to do this time around... but Julia Stiles gets one especially intense scene that shows off her acting skills to the max. Yes, when you get right down to it the movie has a sense of "been there, done that" about it... but not very often are movies of this type done with this kind of skill and dedication... spy movies haven't been this cool since the '60s.