Why do you like this series of movies? One of the big reasons is that the movie is starring Matt Damon. I like him from the beginning of "Good Will Hunting", and then look for the high-scoring films under his name. The "Bourne Bound" trilogy is naturally a must-see masterpiece. After watching it, I exclaimed that it was wonderful, and I felt that Bourne was like a god.
"Bourne: An
Unsurpassed Classic" With unsolved mysteries of his life, Bourne was an intriguing and tragic figure from the very beginning. Relying entirely on his own wit and excellent skills, Byrne took the audience to unravel the mystery of his life experience little by little. It turned out that he was an agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and had been recruited by the CIA's "Stumbling Stone" program, a killer organization that the CIA hid in the dark. This group uses brainwashing and drug control to train its members into cold-blooded killing machines. Byrne was injured and fell into the sea during the last mission, and was rescued by fishermen when he was dying. He wakes up completely lost and doesn't know who he is, but a Swiss bank account taken from his hip forces him to find the truth.
However, such a powerful and uncontrolled person is not allowed by the CIA to exist. So Byrne started a one-man battle, and standing opposite him was the CIA, which has power in every corner of the world. From this point of view, it is a competition with too disparity in strength and equipment, but this is also the charm of Bourne. He doesn't have high-tech equipment or teamwork like 007 and Tom, as well as all kinds of cool and beautiful women, all he has is his vigorous flesh and blood, extremely fast observation and adaptability, and strong anti-explosion. Tracking skills. His coolness is not played or displayed, his coolness is reflected in his super personal ability, which makes him the strongest agent on the surface, and also makes him a classic agent that latecomers kneel down to worship but are difficult to imitate and surpass.
"Bourne: A Tormented Soul"
"Look at us and see what they've made you pay for" is what the first hitman said to Byrne before he died. In the process of searching for the truth, Byrne remembered the people he once killed ruthlessly because of flashes of memory. The original cold-blooded killing machine is now tortured and tortured in soul.
The first is Byrne's search for self-identity. After traveling halfway across Europe to find out his identity, he wanted to get rid of the ruthless state apparatus and pursue personal happiness, so he went far away with his beloved girl. But the dream of the second part was shattered at the beginning, the killer organization was still reluctant to let him go, and his girlfriend was brutally killed. For revenge, Byrne had to strike again. The most touching scene in the movie is Byrne's apology to the daughter of his past victim, Nesky. He wanted to tell the girl who grew up in the shadows that his mother did not kill her father and then committed suicide, and she wanted the girl to know the truth of her parents' passing away. It was his atonement after he learned about the dirty insider trading of the CIA.
So in the next third installment, he wants to try to find the whole truth of the matter, and to make them public, so that the secrets of the CIA are completely bankrupt, so he cannot avoid being hunted by the CIA all over the world. When a CIA killer was chasing Bourne, he was caught by a rolling vehicle and couldn't move, but Bourne put his raised gun down at this time. So when Byrne met the killer again on the roof of the training building, the killer raised the gun and did not pull the trigger. He asked Byrne, "Why didn't you shoot before?" Byrne said: "You know Why are you killing me? Look at ourselves and see what they've made you pay for?"
"With a seamless sharp and realistic style"
No matter how good the core of the movie is, if there is no suitable presentation method, it will sometimes make a good story go to waste. Fortunately, "Bourne Bourne" has found a rhythm that suits itself from the first part. The hand-held photography, the realism of close combat, the sharp high-speed editing, the scene scheduling that feels like one go, the rendering of the music background, plus the authentic and credible performances of the actors, all of which make the film tense and suspenseful. , some passages even make you gasp for breath. Like the chase scene where Bourne meets reporters at Waterloo Square in the third film, and the chase scene in Tangiers, Morocco. The rhythm of them, the wit of Bourne's reactions, and the staging of the scene are unmatched. It can be said that the director's shooting techniques and style have been fully returned in the fifth film. The most exciting part is the Athens riot escape scene at the beginning of the film.
"Why did Byrne come back again?"
I watched Time.com's interviews with director Greenglass and starring Matt Damon and others. In the interview, the cast and crew repeatedly mentioned that the reason why they decided to restart "The Bourne Bourne" in ten years is because there are many changes in the current era. The director said that embodying the new ideas of the times was one of his goals in creating this film. So in the latest "Bourne Identity" we see the contradiction between national security and personal privacy in the post-Snowden era. Robert Dewey, the new-generation leader of the CIA, has drawn up a new "iron fist" plan, in an attempt to implement nationwide surveillance through the "Deep Dream" company database platform (this is somewhat reminiscent of the American TV series "Suspect Tracking"). Dewey has repeatedly stressed that his move is to protect the national security of the United States, but also to protect the safety of American nationals. He even threatened the CEO of Deep Dreams that he would betray his country if he didn't.
This kind of argument should be familiar to anyone who has seen the first three films. Whether it is the "stumbling block", the "Black Rose" plan, or the current "iron fist", they are actually suppressing personal life experience and freedom in the name of the country. The former two cultivate cold-blooded assassination organizations to "resist violence with violence" and serve the country, while the latter protect the so-called "safety" of the country and people by sacrificing public privacy. The era of change is closer. Personal privacy and security is a concern for each of us modern people. At this point, the new "Bourne Bourne" fits in with the times in terms of background.
"The fifth volume is in place, but the content is thin"
But what makes me regret is that the fifth part seems to pay too much attention to the fit of the external form, and the hot scenes have even been upgraded, like the thrilling and destructive car chase scene at the end of the movie, which makes me seem to see Bourne's version of The Fast and the Furious. Of course this will make a lot of people feel very hot, but I am not very cold. In the first three episodes, there is always some room for us to think during the tense interval, but I feel that the fifth episode is a bit pale in terms of the plot, too much emphasis on fighting and chasing, and the rhythm of the visual picture is too fast and too full (I even Not many opportunities to scrutinize Byrne's frowning face, plus the damn 3D, I hate 3D!), it leaves no room for thought. In the first three parts, Byrne was confused, thinking, repentant, compassionate, and angry, but in this sequel we seem to only see anger, anger for the death of Nicky and his father, thus The fifth seems to be a simple revenge journey for Byrne.
"Maybe it's
okay to end like this" In the fifth installment, Byrne also became more lonely. Nicky, the only friend, is dead at the beginning, and new CIA recruit Heather Lee (the new Oscar-winning actress Acelia Vikander) helps Bernard in the Bourne-Dewey race. Well, but at the last minute we found out that she was nothing more than a scheming girl who took advantage of Bourne to bring down her boss. Bourne has become a veritable Lone Star of Scorpio, plus his face (old) who has been through vicissitudes of life due to years of abuse, makes me feel more distressed for Bourne (even in the third part, he still looks like a baby face, And now it's really a vicissitudes of life uncle). Fortunately, Byrne saw through the other party's trick again, and he disappeared into the crowd again.
There's nothing wrong with ending like this if there's no better story, is there? Never again for a sequel's sake, that's my sincere hope. So let Matt Damon's Bourne become an unrepeatable myth in my heart.
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