No enemies? Then make enemies. In line with this principle, the screenwriter went so far as to pull the aliens out. In 2002, the "The Bourne" series turned out to be directed at the world's most powerful spy agency: the Central Intelligence Agency. Jason Byrne, the US government’s $30 million humanoid weapon, lost control of the organization due to amnesia, and turned around to counteract the organization itself in the process of finding his identity. The motif of the Odyssey, the story of heroes against bureaucratic organizations, sharp and fast editing, dazzling handheld photography, pushed this series to the classic position of spy movies, and also helped spy movies to turn the tide and succeed. One life.
The Snowden incident that broke out in 2013 also sounded a wake-up call for the spy film series that went deep into the sky and fisted to the ground. If a few hackers with glasses and no hands can easily steal data that CIA agents can't get from all over the world, then why bother to provide for MI6, simply dismiss 007 and give way to Dr. Q Forget it, spy movies can be completely stopped. In this film, the data stolen from Northern Europe by Nicky exhausted all his strengths was stolen by the CIA’s new network director Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander played a secret love for Berne within a few minutes). The beauties) were deleted completely, and it was too late to unplug the network cable. If I had known this, why did Nicky take the trouble to take his life in vain.
"The Bournemouth 5" can be regarded as a response from Hollywood after the Snowden incident: the enemy is still inside. The head of the CIA, Dewey (Amy Lee Jones as the evil old man and bureaucrat) attempted to unite with the founder of the social network "Deep Dream" to build a complete network monitoring machine to destroy the privacy of people all over the world. Before the Snowden incident, and later, the US government requested Apple to provide a back door to unlock the iPhone in the name of the shooting. The stigma showed that the combination of technology and power may have made Dewey's vision a reality. Of course, it was not Byrne who finally destroyed Dewey's ambitions, but the founder of the social network, who was discovered by fear and conscience. The moment he stood on stage and announced the CIA conspiracy, the villain had fallen.
No matter how hard Bourne's fists, no matter how clear his mind is, and no matter how vigorous he is, this film is out of date. In the face of the so-called "Iron Fist Project" conspiracy, he was helpless. He is about to be swept into the historical trash like Bond and Ethan Hunt. The climax of the film is a car chasing battle between Byrne and Asset. It is a private vengeance between the two and has nothing to do with the big conspiracy. So no matter how wonderful the filming is, no matter how high the car flies, it looks boring. From this perspective, the film's help to the spy film's renewal is not considered a success.
Another interesting aspect of this film is "patriotism". As spies, their first quality is not professional quality, but reliable political quality: treason is damned, patriotism is glorious. Before committing suicide, the villain of Bournemouth 2 also made a special statement: "I am a patriot." Heather Lee thinks that Byrne is worth recruiting because she read his report: "He can be patriotic. "So all the CIA agents in this film, no matter the protagonist or the decent villain, are patriots without exception. Including the great villain Dewey's construction of the surveillance program, it is also in the name of national security. The difference between them is at best conservative and free. It is a dispute between the left and right lines, and it belongs to the possibility of discussing internal conflicts among the people. If it weren't for the editor and director to have to add a layer of revenge to Byrne, there is no need for death in "The Bournemouth 5". But what kind of spy film is a movie where no one is dead?
As a lonely agent who was abandoned by the organization, Byrne does not belong to any country or organization. At the beginning of the movie, he hides himself like a sea of thousands of people; at the end of the movie, he leaves behind his clothes and hides his merits and fame deeply. This is also the unique charm of the Bourne Shadow series. But under the big hat of patriotism, he, who has always been silent, also showed his attitude with actions. His political stance is neutral and conservative among the American people. He requires personal privacy under the premise of certain national security and anti-terrorism, which is indistinguishable from the mainstream value of the United States. Will a movie that must be called patriotic in this way attract the favor of patriotic pink? But what's funny is that the character closest to Little Pink's patriotic outlook is probably the villain Dewey who is trying to discredit the movie.
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