You are wasting your time if you intend to watch this movie.
I'm a fan of the Bourne franchise and this movie lacks the compelling plot of the previous Bourne movies. The actors are not at fault here. Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz have great on-screen chemistry. The previous actors reprise their roles and delivered as expected. But I dozed off in the first 20 minutes of the movie. I got fully awake with the killing spree of the doctor that had Rachel Weisz running for her life.
The movie was partially shot in Manila. I was wondering why they just showed the worst of Manila. The two lead actors were supposed to find some place to stay , and they chose to book in a slum area? Unbelievable! Ironically, they were able to afford business class seats on their flight from U.S. to Manila but they cannot even afford to rent a room in a 3 star hotel. Not even our chains of motel were fit to be considered as their hide-out. But at least they showed that our police force seems so efficient and that the police uses a high tech database. HaHaHa! Now, that's unbelievable!
They did not lack in chase scenes. There were lots of them, in fact. But the director seemed to forget that action scenes are merely tools to enhance the story. They are not stories by themselves.
This movie was truly a disappointment. Good thing I have french fries to entertain me. And Edward Norton will always be a welcome addition to any film.
As a friend said "This is the only Bourne movie where Bourne seems to be an afterthought, rather than the star of the movie."
The only excuse for this poor film is if it exists merely to introduce the final Bourne franchise, where Matt Damon joins Jeremy Renner in revealing the whole conspiracy surrounding Treadstone, Larx, and their other black-ops projects. Now, that would be one hell of a movie I would never dream of missing.
I'm a fan of the Bourne franchise and this movie lacks the compelling plot of the previous Bourne movies. The actors are not at fault here. Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz have great on-screen chemistry. The previous actors reprise their roles and delivered as expected. But I dozed off in the first 20 minutes of the movie. I got fully awake with the killing spree of the doctor that had Rachel Weisz running for her life.
The movie was partially shot in Manila. I was wondering why they just showed the worst of Manila. The two lead actors were supposed to find some place to stay , and they chose to book in a slum area? Unbelievable! Ironically, they were able to afford business class seats on their flight from U.S. to Manila but they cannot even afford to rent a room in a 3 star hotel. Not even our chains of motel were fit to be considered as their hide-out. But at least they showed that our police force seems so efficient and that the police uses a high tech database. HaHaHa! Now, that's unbelievable!
They did not lack in chase scenes. There were lots of them, in fact. But the director seemed to forget that action scenes are merely tools to enhance the story. They are not stories by themselves.
This movie was truly a disappointment. Good thing I have french fries to entertain me. And Edward Norton will always be a welcome addition to any film.
As a friend said "This is the only Bourne movie where Bourne seems to be an afterthought, rather than the star of the movie."
The only excuse for this poor film is if it exists merely to introduce the final Bourne franchise, where Matt Damon joins Jeremy Renner in revealing the whole conspiracy surrounding Treadstone, Larx, and their other black-ops projects. Now, that would be one hell of a movie I would never dream of missing.
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