Jason. Bourne. Again. No, Robert Ludlum’s amnesiac CIA agent isn’t born again in the religious sense, it’s just that in this fourth film to star Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, the character begins to recover some sense of purpose and patriotism. As the film opens, Bourne (Damon) is living on the fringes in eastern Europe, squandering his superior battle skills in off-the-grid bouts of bare-knuckle fighting. Then his location is discovered by his former contact at the CIA, Nicky Parsons (Stiles), who tries to induce Bourne to join her in her self-appointed mission to expose government data. She has joined forces with an Edward Snowden-type character who wants to reveal all the information about the CIA’s black-ops programs. Much chasing by car and by foot ensues. In this post-Wikileaks era, stories about the various black ops conducted by the CIA and executed by Bourne and others seem more relevant than ever.
Opened 07/29/16