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Run: Run (2020)
Very promissing start
I am a great fan of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones. First things first, Merritt Weaver is really amazing, she's very entertaining to watch and has an amazing chemistry with Domhnall Gleeson, they're pretty solid as the leads.
The plot moves fast, the writing is sharp, the dialogue is witty and it's nice to know more about the character and the motivations as they go along. I am excited to see where the series will go next.
Jason Bourne (2016)
The Boune formula: a film by the books
I love the Bourne trilogy, specially the Paul Greengrass ones, he has a very specific way to conduct both action and story in a engaging way. I skipped Legacy and when it was announced that Greengrass and Matt Damon would return, I was instantly thrilled.
And by the most part, the movie works. Damon nails yet again, Bourne is now and old and not-so-calm character and his performance was fantastic. The action was really good, various well made and sharp sequences. My issue with this movie it's the story, not quite good as the previous one (that whole subplot was boring) but the formula of the franchise is more visible than ever.
A MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT. FROM NOW ON I WILL SPOIL ALMOST EVERY MOVIE ASPECT.
1 - Bourne contact is shot in the beginning: In Supremacy Marie got shot in head, in Ultimatum the journalist got shot in the head. In Jason Bourne Nicky gets shot obligating Bourne to return
2 - - CIA evil boss: Every movie had an important CIA agent whose only agenda in terminating Bourne. In Identity we got Chris Cooper, In Supremacy we got Brain Cox, In Ultimatum we got David Strathaim (and Scott Glenn too) and now we got Tommy Lee Jones portraying Tommy Lee Jones.
3 - Head of Bourne chase is not into killing Bourne: in the last two movie Pamela Landy while hunting Bourne was unveiling the truth behind his hunt and started to help him. Alicia Vikander character also does this, with a little Nicky element once she enters the action.
4 - The asset: this point is a improvement. The killers lives by Clive Owen, Karl Urban and Edgar Ramírez were under explored character and a waste of their actors talent. Vincent Cassel asset is more fleshed out, but it's the old vengeance cliché.
5 - Encounter in a crowded place: In Supremacy Bourne meets Nicky in a German manifestation, In Ultimatum Bourne meets the journalist in a English station, now Bourne meet Nicky in a Greek riot.
6 - Flashbacks: in every movie Jason Bourne remembers more about his past. It's impressive how the writers are capable of coming up with new things, thankfully, the new flashbacks are pretty coherent but still it's just there to gets Bourne upset.
7º In this last topic I'll include expected moments, I basically watch the Bourne franchise because of them:
- Hand-to-hand combat w/ objects (Greengrass shaky cam in these scenes is always a weak point, it's required to be over-focused to not get lost)
- Big car chase in the end (getting 'better and bigger')
- CIA trying to bulls**t Bourne, but he outsmart them (personal favorite)
- And, of course, Extreme Ways at the end with a awesome Bourne move.
Don't get me wrong, Jason Bourne is a terrific time at the theaters, entertaining as hell, probably a better summer blockbuster than anything playing right now. The issue is: it's getting repetitive.
P.S.: English is not my native language, sorry about any mistake you may found.