Sep
19
2007
Dir: Paul Greengrass
Writ: Tony Gilroy ; Scott Z. Burns ; George Nolfi & Tony Gilroy
Based on the book by Robert Ludlum
- Matt Damon … Jason Bourne
- Julia Stiles … Nicky Parsons
- David Strathairn … CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen
- Scott Glenn … CIA Director Ezra Kramer
- Paddy Considine … Simon Ross
- Albert Finney … Dr. Albert Hirsch
- Joan Allen … Pamela Landy
Bourne is back. Or maybe it’d be more accurate to say taht he never really went away, as this film picks up even before the second in the series, The Bourne Supremacy, has finished. So it is worth your while making sure you’ve seen that before you take a look at this one. That being said it isn’t vital, you’ll pick up on a main plot soon enough, and while what you miss out on does add to the film it isn’t totally necessary as there is plenty of back story floating around in this film.
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Sep
05
2007
As in The Bourne Identity
Dir: Doug Liman
Writ: William Blake Herron & Tony Gilroy
Starring
- Matt Damon … Jason Bourne
- Franka Potente … Marie Helena Kreutz
- Chris Cooper … Alexander Conklin
- Clive Owen … The Professor
- Brian Cox … Ward Abbott
- Gabriel Mann … Danny Zorn
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje … Nykwana Wombosi
And The Bourne Supremacy
Dir: Paul Greengrass
Writ: Tony Gilroy
Staring:
- Matt Damon … Jason Bourne
- Franka Potente … Marie
- Brian Cox … Ward Abbott
- Julia Stiles … Nicky
- Karl Urban … Kirill
- Gabriel Mann … Danny Zorn
- Joan Allen … Pamela Landy
Both based on the novels by Robert Ludlum. No spoilers.
I remember really enjoying The Bourne Identity when I watched it first. But for some reason I never saw the sequel, but with the third out now in the cinemas I thought this is an ideal opportunity to catch up. And when I spotted the dvd set of the pair was only 18 euro I nabbed it.
I haven’t watched any of the extras yet, so can’t comment on those, but I really enjoyed the films. The are the perfect blend of reality and fantasy violence.
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