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The Bourne Supremacy

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The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 179 Fresh: 145  Rotten:34 Average Rating: 7.2/10
 
Consensus: A well-maded sequel that delivers the thrills. A well-maded sequel that delivers the thrills. more
 
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 23, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $176,049,130
Synopsis:
The Bourne Identity Following the smash worldwide success of 2002's The Bourne Identity, Universal Pictures brings the second installment of best-selling author Robert Ludlum's series to the screen with Matt Damon returning as trained assassin Jason Bourne in The Bourne Supremacy.... [More]
The Bourne Identity Following the smash worldwide success of 2002's The Bourne Identity, Universal Pictures brings the second installment of best-selling author Robert Ludlum's series to the screen with Matt Damon returning as trained assassin Jason Bourne in The Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne Supremacy re-enters the shadowy world of expert assassin Bourne (Damon), who continues to find himself plagued by splintered nightmares from his former life. The stakes are now even higher for the agent as he coolly maneuvers through the dangerous waters of international espionage--replete with CIA plots, turncoat agents and ever-shifting covert alliances--all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and answers to his own fragmented past. Compelling use of exotic worldwide locations and the muscular cinematic edge brought by vanguard director Paul Greengrass (writer/director of Bloody Sunday) maintain the aggressive style and fresh, non-traditional perspective established in The Bourne Identity: The Bourne Supremacy is the latest entry in a refreshingly new breed of that time-honored genre, the espionage thriller. The Bourne Supremacy is produced by Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley and Paul L. Sandberg; and directed by Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Identity), based on Ludlum's book of the same name. [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban

Director: Paul Greengrass
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy
Producer: Pat Crowley, Frank Marshall, Paul Sandberg
Composer: John Powell

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 18, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Paul Greengrass - Director
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurette - 1. MATCHING IDENTITIES: CASTING
  • 2. MAKING IT REAL: THE LOOK OF SUPREMACY
  • 3. THINGS THAT GO BOOM: SPECIAL EFFECTS
  • 4. ON THE MOVE WITH JASON BOURNE
  • 5. THE WORLD AS YOUR SET
  • 6. FIGHT: THE MARTIAL ARTS
  • 7. CRASH CAM: THE MOSCOW TUNNEL CHASE
  • 8. THE GO-MOBILE
  • 9. ANATOMY OF A SCENE: BRIDGE,BARGE SCENE
  • 10. SCORING WITH JOHN POWELL

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It is a spy film for adults and it avoids over the top pyrotechnics and jokey one-liners, and instead delivers a mature, intelligent thriller.

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08/03/07 08:05 AM
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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Click to read the article

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07/14/07 03:19 AM
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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A thriller with a brain, a grown up film for grown ups

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10/30/06 03:16 AM
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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Flashes of color and streaks of movement can make for a striking picture, but only if you can see what's taking place, not to mention if you care about who is in jeopardy.

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09/29/06 07:13 AM
Eric Melin
Lawrence.com
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Where it could have descended into a revenge drama, it settles for justice instead -- and not the kind that puts down one's enemies, but the kind that calls for confession, even reconciliation.

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09/08/06 09:19 PM
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
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[Director] Greengrass proves himself equally adept at action, building on the edginess of Doug Liman’s original with a feverish handheld camera and frenetic editing.

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02/09/06 03:16 AM
Time Out
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Stylish, full throttle, nobody's-pretending-this-is-art summer movie fun.

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12/06/05 07:30 PM
Film Threat
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Supremacy is, minor quibbles aside, a worthy successor to The Bourne Identity.

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12/06/05 07:30 PM
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat
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At times, it’s a bit too much like watching the Zapruder film, but... it keeps the audience sharp by forcing them to search for clues and stay focused on the action.

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07/25/05 02:38 PM
Uri Lessing
www.kcactive.com
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Polished, efficient.

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05/03/05 05:45 PM
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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Yet another of the all reason-defying examples of sequels that are as good as if not better than their earlier films.

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03/14/05 10:15 PM
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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Improves on the original by leaps and bounds.

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03/05/05 10:18 PM
Ethan Alter
NYC Film Critic
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Tries to top the original by offering two car chases; but they both chop space into blurry, discontinuous fragments...As with the car chases, so with The Bourne Supremacy.

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03/03/05 10:16 PM
Stuart Klawans
Nation
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'Un buen thriller, bien realizado y bien actuado que sirve para pasar un par de horas a gusto en la oscuridad de una sala de cine, pero no le pida más'

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01/24/05 11:37 PM
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola
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Talk about adrenaline packed into an hour and forty minutes!!

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12/27/04 11:04 PM
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
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Damon makes Bourne a consistent, driven, intelligent, and yet vulnerable hero. It's too bad Academy voters will fail to notice his fantastic performance.

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12/19/04 10:15 PM
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
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A first-rate thriller that plays out with the pluck and style of the best James Bond films.

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12/17/04 01:13 PM
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
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To Read review visit www.EmanuelLevy.com

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11/14/04 09:26 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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With a rash of movies about resentful operatives or foot soldiers who can't tell whom to fear more, the enemy or their own leaders, they may be telling us something

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11/04/04 09:05 AM
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
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With its breakneck, in-your-face guerilla photography and constant undercurrent of unbearable suspense, The Bourne Supremacy expands and improves on The Bourne Identity

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10/11/04 08:31 PM
John Larsen
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