Les Jones

A&E > Movie: The Bourne Supremecy

The Bourne Identity was a great action flick with a twist on the spy motif. Jason Bourne is a spy who has forgotten his identity. In The Bourne Supremacy his agency decides to eliminate him once and for all to clean up the last traces of the hit squad he worked with.

Supremacy lacks the mystery of the first movie. We already know that Bourne is a spy. The sequel reveals bits of his past, but they're not as compelling as they could have been. Supremacy also lacks a love interest. Even if you're not interested in a romantic angle, the love interest is typically a way to create vulnerabilities for the hero, who could easily escape some situations if he didn't have to consider anyone else. Without that sense of drama and inner conflict, too many of the action sequences become vapid.