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Movie Profile
The Bourne Supremacy
2004 ยท United States - Paul Greengrass
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) and his girlfriend Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente) have been living incognito in Goa, India for the past two years where Bourne struggles to recall the specifics of his first mission as a black ops agent. In Berlin, CIA Deputy Director Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) runs a "buy operation", spending $3 million to purchase evidence exposing the mole within the agency that stole $20 million in allocation money seven years prior. Before Landy's operative can complete the transaction, Russian FSB agent Kirill (Karl Urban) infiltrates the building, plants a fingerprint to frame Bourne, kills Landy's operative and the seller of the information and makes off with the evidence and the money. Kirill then reports back to Russian oil magnate Yuri Gretkov (Karel Roden), who sends him to Goa to finish the job by assassinating Bourne. Bourne spots Kirill and flees with Marie in a jeep. Kirill gives chase and shoots at the vehicle, causing the jeep to run off a bridge into the river. Kirill leaves, believing Bourne to be dead, but only Marie is killed. Bourne departs for Naples, Italy, to seek vengeance.
Genres:
Action, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Release date:
2004-07-23
External links:
The Bourne Supremacy at IMDB The Bourne Supremacy at Wikipedia
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Rotten Tomatoes
20 Critic reviews
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David Denby
New Yorker
Of its kind, The Bourne Supremacy is incredibly skilled -- much more exciting than its predecessor.
August 03, 2004 read full article
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Rex Reed
New York Observer
Another of those incoherent Robert Ludlum spy thrillers with more logistics than logic.
July 29, 2004 read full article
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Charles Taylor
Salon.com
An entertaining, well-constructed spy story (though not as satisfying as the first film -- perhaps because it's not as simple).
July 24, 2004 read full article
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Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
The movie is utterly synthetic.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
Good enough to make one have faith in certain things again, like spy movies, sequels and the charismatically low-key, quietly lethal movie-star charisma of Matt Damon.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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David Edelstein
Slate
A tour-de-force of thriller filmmaking.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
Almost everything that made The Bourne Identity refreshing -- the wit, the irony, the suspense, the novelty of its premise -- is gone.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
Bourne's amnesia gimmick is a tired one, but there is a future in spy movies with this sort of blend of action and cynicism.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
While the movie has a higher IQ than the average summer action blitz, it underperforms as a thrill-dispenser.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
The movie is mostly a series of frenetic clashes, dubious near misses and car chases. It lacks the human interest and snowy splendor of the first movie.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie skillfully delivers a series of fights, stalkings, plottings and chases, punctuated by a little brooding.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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(CNN.com) Paul Clinton
CNN.com
Just as thrilling, edgy and entertaining as the first installment.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Ty Burr
Boston Globe
A terse, tight, impressively smart package.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
A solid cloak-and-dagger actioner.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Leah McLaren
Globe and Mail
The Bourne Supremacy not only lives up to the promises of the novel by Robert Ludlum, but in many ways manages to improve on the first film.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
As a video game that propels the viewer through the course, Supremacy is supremely successful. I'm not sure that's enough for a movie narrative.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Spy movies just got thrilling again.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Claudia Puig
USA Today
Gripping film.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
With its foot pressed to the floor from beginning to end, Bourne is a non-stop gas.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
If you've forgotten the kick you get from watching a globe-trotting, butt-kicking, whiplash-paced action movie done with humor, style and smarts, take a ride with The Bourne Supremacy.
July 23, 2004 read full article
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