{"id":242,"date":"2016-11-07T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2017-09-10T16:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T22:06:39","slug":"movie-jason-bourne-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/07\/movie-jason-bourne-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Jason Bourne (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JasonJason Bourne
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2016
\nRating: PG-13
\nLength: 123 minutes \/ 2.05 hours<\/p>\n

Back in 2002, The Bourne Identity<\/em> redefined not only the action film aesthetic\u00a0but the modern spy thriller as well. While some elements of the Bourne<\/em> films have been good for action films, others are now trite and clich\u00e9. If you were to break down the \u201cBourne formula\u201d, these four elements could be used to make any action film in the \u201cBourne-style\u201d:<\/p>\n

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  1. Car chases with spectacular driving in \u201ccommon\u201d vehicles<\/li>\n
  2. Brutal hand-to-hand combat using everyday items<\/li>\n
  3. Shaky camera movement during action sequences<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cThe chase\u201d where eventually the protagonist gets away, achieves his objective and escapes into the shadows once again<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Because the Bourne<\/em> films are so formulaic, I found Jason Bourne<\/em> (2016) to be no different. That being said, the film was still a fun and intense ride to watch. Now nine years later from the last in the \u201ctrue\u201d Bourne<\/em> storyline (we\u2019ll just forget that\u00a0The Bourne Legacy<\/em> (2012) happened), technology has vastly improved, making this film seem more like a crossover of\u00a0James Bond<\/em> and Person of Interest<\/em>. This, I feel, was Jason Bourne<\/em>\u2019s strength. Casting the incomparable Alicia Vikander (hot in her burgeoning career), was a smart choice and made this film enter the \u201cnew era of espionage.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Furthermore, including the subplot focusing on technological privacy pulled straight from our current events helped to pin this film into the collective popular culture in which we now live, instead of just being a series of chases in foreign lands. I also appreciated the inclusion of some semblance of a plot in this film, as it felt like Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) had not gotten very many answers in the last three films. At least this time around we learn something about him and his motivation; since the amnesiac super-soldier archetype can really only go so far.<\/p>\n

    Another great Bourne film with a contemporary twist, I give Jason Bourne<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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    Jason Bourne Year: 2016 Rating: PG-13 Length: 123 minutes \/ 2.05 hours Back in 2002, The Bourne Identity redefined not only the action film aesthetic\u00a0but the modern spy thriller as well. While some elements of the Bourne films have been good for action films, others are now trite and clich\u00e9. If you were to break […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2],"tags":[9,18,240,13,8,241,242,243],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-0-stars","category-movie","tag-9","tag-action","tag-jason-bourne","tag-movie","tag-review","tag-the-bourne-identity","tag-the-bourne-supremacy","tag-the-bourne-ultimatum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}