I really enjoyed this!
Matt Damon (hubba hubba) is back as former CIA amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne and he has still got it!
This spy/action/thriller film is action-packed in the very literal sense and I was totally engrossed, including through a couple of rocking car chases. It's the next installment in a franchise that started with The Bourne Identity in 2002, followed by The Bourne Supremacy in 2004 the The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007.
Tommy Lee Jones and Alicia Vikander are good in support roles but I'm saving the biggest support act praise for Vincent Cassel who is off-the-charts good as Bourne's nemesis. It's got goodies, badies and are-they-good-or-are-they-bad-ies, as all good thrillers do.
The friend I saw it with, SH, is a big Matt Damon/Jason Bourne fan and her assessment is that it's better than The Bourne Ultimatum but not as good as The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy. That said, she also thinks that having Matt Damon naked on a screen for a few hours, standing there doing nothing, would make more money than this film will. Like I said, she's a *ahem* big fan.
Jason Bourne won't further your intellect but it'll entertain you for a couple of hours, that's for sure.
If you want to read more, check out this three star review in News Ltd press or this one in The Guardian, also three stars.
In cinemas Thursday 28 July. Trailer here.