The Bourne Supremacy
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The Bourne Supremacy takes place about two years after its equally brilliant predecessor, The Bourne Identity. But things have not changed much for Jason Bourne. While the film opens with him enjoying a time of relative peace with his girlfriend in Goa, India, Bourne is still plagued by his past. He knows he was part of Treadstone, a CIA “black ops� project designed to create super assassins. But he has no recollection of who he was before Treadstone, and he is haunted by nightmares about an assassination he may or may not have committed.
Unfortunately, rarely are action heroes like Bourne allowed much time for introspection. As in the first film, it is not long before the question shifts from “Who am I?� to “Why are these people trying to kill me?� Proving he can globetrot with the best of them, Bourne leaps from Goa to Italy to Berlin and finally to Moscow as he attempts to get the people who created him off his back once and for all. Meanwhile, a few Treadstone alumni seek to ensure the world never hears from Jason Bourne again.
The Bourne Supremacy could be just another thriller, along the lines of a James Bond or a Jack Ryan flick. What allows this film—and the franchise—to transcend its genre is that it dares to give its lead character a third dimension. Bourne may have been programmed to be a heartless killer, but even the best programming cannot suppress his conscience. Since getting amnesia, he has been “Bourne again,� and it becomes clear that the search for his identity is not so much about self-illumination as it is about atoning for sins he can’t even remember committing. In the end, Bourne does not exactly find peace or his identity, but he does manage to reclaim a portion of his soul, and that will have to do until the next film…
Links
—Overview
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film
—Spiritual Connections
—Overview
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film
—Spiritual Connections
The Bourne Supremacy takes place about two years after its equally brilliant predecessor, The Bourne Identity. But things have not changed much for Jason Bourne. While the film opens with him enjoying a time of relative peace with his girlfriend in Goa, India, Bourne is still plagued by his past. He knows he was part of Treadstone, a CIA “black ops� project designed to create super assassins. But he has no recollection of who he was before Treadstone, and he is haunted by nightmares about an assassination he may or may not have committed.Unfortunately, rarely are action heroes like Bourne allowed much time for introspection. As in the first film, it is not long before the question shifts from “Who am I?� to “Why are these people trying to kill me?� Proving he can globetrot with the best of them, Bourne leaps from Goa to Italy to Berlin and finally to Moscow as he attempts to get the people who created him off his back once and for all. Meanwhile, a few Treadstone alumni seek to ensure the world never hears from Jason Bourne again.
The Bourne Supremacy could be just another thriller, along the lines of a James Bond or a Jack Ryan flick. What allows this film—and the franchise—to transcend its genre is that it dares to give its lead character a third dimension. Bourne may have been programmed to be a heartless killer, but even the best programming cannot suppress his conscience. Since getting amnesia, he has been “Bourne again,� and it becomes clear that the search for his identity is not so much about self-illumination as it is about atoning for sins he can’t even remember committing. In the end, Bourne does not exactly find peace or his identity, but he does manage to reclaim a portion of his soul, and that will have to do until the next film…Links
—Overview
—Trailers, Photos
—About this Film
—Spiritual Connections
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