All he wanted was to disappear; instead, Jason Bourne is now hunted by the people who made him what he is--legendary assassin. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the beginning and find out who he was. Now, in the new chapter of this espionage series, Bourne will hunt down his past in order to find a future. He must travel from Moscow, Paris and London to Tangier and New York City as he continues his quest to find the real Jason Bourne--all the while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents with him in their crosshairs.

We are no longer in the dark to who Jason Bourne is, we know him as the tortured soul that just wants to have closure on his past and be able to move on with who he is. Knowing who Bourne is and knowing where the movie is going in it’s storytelling doesn’t make the movie any less enjoyable or fun. You know he is going to find away to give the CIA bigwigs nothing but a headache when they try and track them, you know he is going to bring the fight to their doorstep but that does not make the movie any less enjoyable. You can’t wait to see what elaborate trap Bourne will escape from next, what close quarter fight with another assassin that he might get into and what high speed chase he will use to get away from those chasing him. The movie is like watching Bourne from just over his shoulder you know what is coming but you can’t wait for it happen.

Jason Bourne is what James Bond might have been if he had been tortured into becoming an assassin and then got amnesia and was trying to figure out who he was. They share a lot of similarities from being the ultimate killers and spies to having a sense of style that is just their own and cannot be copied. But they also are quite dissimilar as well, as Bourne is the silent type that would like to be just left alone and does not want to be involved any longer in the world of espionage and killing for hire but they simply just won’t leave him alone. While Bond seems to revel in the lifestyle, seems to enjoy who and what he is. And that is what make the movies so different and it’s the reason why many people like Bourne now more than they do Bond. It is easier to associate with Bourne he seems like an everyday guy until he is kicking your butt and foiling every CIA plot to track him down. While Bond seems like the stranger leading the Hollywood lifestyle that you can’t emphasize with. Bourne tortured by his past, Bond revels in his. It’s the reason they rebooted Bond with a more modern realist feel and it’s the reason the Bourne movies are so much fun to watch.

I really disliked Paul Greengrass’ camera work in the second film, it was too shaky at times and it almost gave you motion sickness. He loves to use the handheld camera’s that give you the point of view of the hero as if you were Jason Bourne and everything that is happening to him is happening to you. But the problem was it wasn’t done as well in the second film as it is done in the third\ film. I think with films like United 93 and Bourne Supremacy he has finally managed to master the technique where in the second one at times it felt like you were watching the Blair Witch all over again minus the nose dripping close-ups.

The only downfall to the movie is we have seen it all already, calling from the office to taunt the other person, the high speed chases, the close quarter fighting but even though we have seen it all in the previous two films Greengrass still manages to add just enough originality just enough freshness to full in love all over again with the story and all its little quirks.

Who would have thought Matt Damon would be this big time action hero. Before Identity it was his partner in crime Ben Afleck that was the big action hero but no longer Damon has proved that he is the better actor and action lead. He gives the Jason Bourne a sense of humanity that you find it hard to think of anyone else in the role, he is Bourne, he is the best at what he does, he is the ultimate spy assassin killer looking for redemption and closure. No one else really matters in the film, sure they mix in all there small characters and there overt CIA bad guys but in the end the movie lives and dies with Damon and that’s as it should be because he does a fantastic job. While Supremacy wouldn’t be my favorite of the series that still falls to Identity it is my second favorite of the series and a good way to lay Jason Bourne to rest for awhile.

Grade: B+