Although the fatal uppercut is still as direct and sharp as I remembered, the whites on the temples and between the eyebrows The gully, or mercilessly told all the audience a sad fact:
Jason Bourne is old.
After a nearly 10-year wait and a fourth installment that "doesn't exist," Matt Damon and director Paul Greenglass are finally bringing back the real Bourne.
However, just like the omnipotent Jason Bourne who can't resist the ruthlessness of the years, the return of "Jason Bourne" (Note: "The Bourne 5" English original name is Jason Bourne) once shined brightly In front of himself, he seemed so powerless.
Damon, 45, looked back, his eyes filled with shadows of his youth.
Is "The Bourne 5" (hereinafter referred to as "The Bourne 5") a good movie? The answer is no doubt: yes.
The progression of the plot is simple and direct, the camera switching is fast and accurate, the melee combat is neat and tidy, and the racing car chase is tense and exciting. As a spy movie, it has done so much and has every basic quality needed to be a good film. What's more, "Spy 5" also added elements such as financial crisis and network security, which enhanced the realistic sense of substitution in the background of the film.
However, the opponent of "Spy 5" is too strong: this opponent is precisely the past self.
The Bourne Age trilogy is an extremely great series.
While much of the accolades centered on the groundbreaking handheld photography, high-speed editing, and extremely realistic action scenes of the year, these three films, in my opinion, stand out from every angle of script, performance, scene, music, and more. It can be said that there are no shortcomings.
Moreover, the first "Bourne Bourne" was born after the "9.11" incident in 2001. In the face of the birth of the "Patriot Act", the trilogy respectively confronted the confrontation between individual consciousness and collectivism, and the individual under the state of centralization. Reflecting on the consequences of corruption and the boundaries of state power is not a profound one.
In particular, the story of the trilogy itself has formed a ring-like core of self-consciousness fighting against the tragic fate. The breaking of this complete circle by "Spy 5" has also become the biggest failure of this sequel.
Since there was no plan to make a sequel at the beginning, "Spy 1" itself has formed a very complete story.
At the moment when he lost his memory and was picked up from the sea by a fishing boat, the agent who once belonged to the state actually ushered in his rebirth as an independent living entity.
"Jason Bourne" is a sign: from this moment on, he ceases to be an instrument of the state apparatus, but truly becomes a man with his own name.
In the process of following Byrne to find his own memory, we discover with him that when he failed the assassination mission because of his compassion, his life as a killer was actually over. So, after traveling halfway across Europe to find his own memory, he finally faced the questioning of his former boss Conklin:
You do remember, don't you? (You actually remember everything, don't you?)
He did not deny it, It means: I don't want to do this anymore.
It's not that Bourne can't remember, but chooses to forget. It was the best decision he made for himself to spend the rest of his life peacefully by the sea with the girl he loved.
"Spy 1" is about forgetting and rebirth.
With the overwhelming word of mouth and good market feedback, the shooting of the sequel is a matter of course. What is commendable is that the two sequels are by no means a dog-tailed sequel, and they have also completed an excellent continuation of the first in terms of plot.
Although he chose to forget, Byrne could not escape the CIA's entanglement on him. His girlfriend was brutally murdered, and he was also wronged. In order to let his dead girlfriend rest, and to get rid of the CIA completely, Byrne had to take the initiative to come to the door and find out the truth behind it.
Byrne single-handedly completed his revenge on his girlfriend, recalling the Russian politician couple he killed on his first mission. Knowing the importance of "truth", he went to Moscow with all his might, just to tell the truth to the couple's daughter and apologize to her.
Whether it's for Mary or Nesky, "Spy 2" is about confession and redemption.
The relationship between "Spy 3" and "Spy 2" is independent and close. Byrne realized that the only way he could truly say goodbye to all of this was by unraveling the mystery of his own background. He went through hardships along the way, but found that the initiator of his tragedy was himself. But it was precisely because he discovered the truth that he finally truly crossed all this.
Finally, on the roof of the training building, Byrne's conversation with another killer completes the series' cycle and sublimation:
Killer: Why didn't you shoot before? "
Byrne: "Actually, do you know why you want to kill me? "
"Look at us." See what they all cost you. (Look at us. Look at what they make you give.) This
is exactly what the killer "Professor" in "Spy 1" who was ordered to hunt down Bourne said to Bourne before he died.
Put down all your obsessions and face your true heart.
"Spy 3" is about finding your roots and saying goodbye.
In the first three parts, Byrne questioned and reflected on his past, and finally said goodbye. Such a core allows the audience to In addition to a series of wonderful fights, he was able to have a real understanding or empathy for Bourne, who was originally closer to an ordinary person.
In "Spy 5", in order to make Bourne, who had been in hiding for nearly 10 years, come back to the arena, the director First, Bourne's comrade-in-arms Nikki decided to expose all the dirty and dirty secret operations of the CIA. Then Bourne was set to suffer from inner sins during the 10 years of her seclusion, and finally he came up with a strategy like "Where is Dad?" It's a vulgar stalk. On the whole, it is inevitable that people feel far-fetched.
What's more, the motive arrangement of "revenge for my father" also makes Bourne, who has been reflecting on his identity predicament and breaking free in the first three films , degenerates into a pure Avengers killer. This is an unsuccessful subversion of the profound connotation of the previous work.
In terms of plot advancement, in addition to Bourne's own problems just mentioned, "Spy 5"'s portrayal of other clues is also somewhat unsatisfactory. For example, one of the key characters in the film, the CEO of a social platform giant, suddenly decided to expose his dirty past with the CIA at a technology conference; then, in order to cover up these dark histories, the CIA made a decisive decision-in front of thousands of audiences. The CEO was shot.
There is no one who can blacken the CIA like this.
The most important female character in the movie, Heather Lee, a young CIA motivated young woman played by Alicia Vikander, although she has a perfect appearance, the three-dimensional sense and dazzling degree of the character are far less than the first three films. The women of "Bourne". So when Byrne finally said goodbye to Heather and the classic ending song "Extreme Ways" sounded, I couldn't help but miss the first episode of Embrace with Mary, the second episode of Randy's Turning Back, and the third episode of Nikki Slightly Raised corners of the mouth.
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said so much, I don't just want to criticize "Spy 5". Slightly harsh, but also because the expectations for this authentic sequel are too high.
In fact, I saw Byrne skillfully put his phone in each other's coat pocket, wrestle with his opponent with a frying pan and chair legs, drive down the Las Vegas Strip without changing his face, and even hear the tribute line: "You guys Do you know who you're dealing with? Randy once described Bourne in "Spy 3"), which is enough to make an old fan like me shudder.
After all, talking about this movie without "feelings" is a hooligan in itself.
Taking a step back, new fans may not be able to feel the amazingness brought by "The Bourne Bourne" - after all, Bond and Hunter, who used to focus on flirting with girls and pretending to be handsome, are now beginning to hold photography for quick editing and close-up photography. Fighting and even handcuffing the plane.
However, for us who are also no longer young and young, who can really replace the Bourne of the motor?
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