Post by doomedbloodwork on Aug 14, 2004 8:56:42 GMT -5
In my review of SPIDER-MAN 2, I noted that the film gave me hope for the future of the cinema in light of it's variety of virtues.
I didn't see THE BOURNE IDENTITY on it's initial release, a movie that actually found it's audience, like LETHAL WEAPON, on home video and became a top seller. Having heard so many good things about THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, I took the plunge yesterday on it's opening day of UK release in the West End of London.
Like the Bond movies, you don't need to have seen any of the previous offerings to understand what the film is about and the backstory, as the movie supplies sufficient information at the outset to allow you to concentrate on the story in front of you. It is a testament to the talents on show in this film that we get possibly the best action thriller since DIE HARD, as well as the most well-thought out. In director Paul Greengrass, we also have a successor to John McTiernan and William Friedkin combined, as the style and energy on offer are reminiscent of those classic standoffs in DIE HARD, as well as the scintillating memories of that legendary car chase in THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
Matt Damon returns as Jason Bourne, this time hiding from life with his girlfriend (Franka Potente) in India as the story opens and trying to get away from his past. However, sinister forces are at work and it isn't long before he is thrust back into the fold of international espionage after an incident in Germany......
The recent deaths of Marlon Brando and Jerry Goldsmith also prompt memories that both these sadly missed talents would have fitted in nicely into the production team of this. Brando would have done a first rate job as either a young and old actor as Bourne or in Brian Cox's role as the senior official, and Goldsmith's score would have been another addition to his classic collection of music.
Suffice to say that this is another of my choices for one of the best films of 2004
I didn't see THE BOURNE IDENTITY on it's initial release, a movie that actually found it's audience, like LETHAL WEAPON, on home video and became a top seller. Having heard so many good things about THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, I took the plunge yesterday on it's opening day of UK release in the West End of London.
Like the Bond movies, you don't need to have seen any of the previous offerings to understand what the film is about and the backstory, as the movie supplies sufficient information at the outset to allow you to concentrate on the story in front of you. It is a testament to the talents on show in this film that we get possibly the best action thriller since DIE HARD, as well as the most well-thought out. In director Paul Greengrass, we also have a successor to John McTiernan and William Friedkin combined, as the style and energy on offer are reminiscent of those classic standoffs in DIE HARD, as well as the scintillating memories of that legendary car chase in THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
Matt Damon returns as Jason Bourne, this time hiding from life with his girlfriend (Franka Potente) in India as the story opens and trying to get away from his past. However, sinister forces are at work and it isn't long before he is thrust back into the fold of international espionage after an incident in Germany......
The recent deaths of Marlon Brando and Jerry Goldsmith also prompt memories that both these sadly missed talents would have fitted in nicely into the production team of this. Brando would have done a first rate job as either a young and old actor as Bourne or in Brian Cox's role as the senior official, and Goldsmith's score would have been another addition to his classic collection of music.
Suffice to say that this is another of my choices for one of the best films of 2004
