The Bourne Supremacy

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Tonight's review is of a movie inspired by a book. Robert Ludlum's Bourne Supremacy is not a movie for the critically stupid. It is however action packed enough to hold the attention of even the terminally couch potatoed of the world on a slow night.
Matt Damon's performance, as Jason Bourne is very good, with the young actor insisting on doing almost all of his own stunts. One in particular stands out, the evasion scene at the Canal/Rail Station. In this scene Bourne is attempting to evade the German Politzei, and he uses a clever stratagem of knowing the train schedule's and a practical eye to skip from the train station bridge to the barge and back up underneath the bridge using a found boat hook. A combination of clever lighting and exemplary stunt work make this truly an excellent scene. I will not dwell on the wonderful combat sequence that occurs when Bourne seeks out an old agent, except to say that finally someone got a real fight between experts on tape. Performances by Julia Stiles and Joan Allen are awesome. Brian Cox is also at the height of his game as an actor in this movie. I'm eagerly awaiting the next movie in this series of works.

Critiquegod's Rating O for Outstanding