The Bourne Supremacy, 2004

Matt Damon did look very serious (but still vague somehow), as a hitman, a highly paid assassine who unfortunately, still struggling to recover his memory and his real identity (after "The Bourne Identity", 2002).

I am surprised that after all the dangers they had gone through (from "The Bourne Identity"), our Marie (Franka Portente) was still acting too unbelievable naive, and not very "tune-in" with the situation whenever our Jason mentioned glimpses of his strange past.

In this movie, this young couple was (almost) happily living with each other at a far away spot from all the hectics of life and CIA's activities. Well, they were almost happy, because Jason Bourne still had to fight with his strange nightmares in which he could hear certain voices, got certain shot of odd images. I almost envied with them the life style they got then: sandy beach, crowded market, tourists in colorful and very light clothing, warm sun shine, etc...

Of course, Eden was suddenly turned into Hell for Jason, when he realised he was being followed by a suspicious tourist (whom he seemed to know, but from where? or was it just intuition on his part in the face of danger?).

Needless to say, he warned Marie, and the two of them tried to run. Was it because of Marie's distrusting nature (of Jason's warning), that she was killed by that assassin? It was hard to say, for everything happened so fast after a series of car chasings, bullet firings, Marie got shot at, then their car ended up sinking fast in the water. It was a real intense moment, with Jason also got trapped in the car with the then dead Marie, facing drowning himself, etc. It was real touching the scene he had to leave Marie there...

(secretly, I think Franka Portente was not very suitable for this "not too intelligent role". I was relieved that she could stop playing the silly Marie (when they let her got killed), and let the movie focused more on how Jason could regain his memory).


The beginning of the movie was about something else, which connected soon with Jason Bourne and his shots of unexplained images.

Turned out that the CIA was trying to trap a mole within their organisation.

Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) was so confident that she would be successful this time, and it was to her shock, that she suddenly lost two agents, a secret file, and no clue whatsoever of who did it! With the permission of her big boss, she was allowed to chase after leads. The leads took her to the old Treadstone project, and she believed she found out the identity of the assassin: Jason Bourne.

The chase brought her into real clash with another senior CIA staff: Ward Abbott (Brian Cox), who convinced her with implied threats and intimidations, that she should stop digging into the cancelled Treadstone project!

Jason Bourne after destroying any paperwork that could danger him, head straight into an airport. Why he used the passport of Jason Bourne is something I could not figure out. Didn't he remember all the problems he had last time when he was in the public with that name? Or did he deliberately do so, to warn the CIA or whoever, that he was ready to play their game?

Straight face and deadpan, he managed to get away from the airport custom/security in a stolen car, and with a phone equiped with high technology (wonderful don't you think?). From that, he found out that he was being framed by someone unknown.

He attempted to contact a few persons left (from Treadstone project) who could help him. One tried to kill him, the other, Nicky (Julia Stiles) could not help him much.

Got back to a specific hotel room, where he believed had some impact on his lost of memory, he managed to recover suddenly all the lost links to Treadstone project, but while doing so, he was almost caught by the CIA.

Decided to apologise to one little girl in Russia, whose parents' death was caused by him (it was his mission in Treadstone project to remove the father only!), Jason Bourne left for Russia. He managed to fulfill his wish perfectly, in clarify some misunderstanding revolving around the death of his victims, and made their daughter, by then, a young lady, happy that she was truly loved by her loving parents. His good intention did cause him trouble, he was being chased all over the place (Russia) by the very same assassin who had killed Marie and almost got him too before.

Of course, the baddy died in time, (luckily, or my heart would have fallen out of my chest soon afterward due to the intensed chase/shooting, etc!).

The ending? Jason Bourne found out who was the mole of the CIA, who secretly betrayed his fellow agents for money, etc. Jason taped the conversation he got with "the mole" successfully as proof for Pamela Landy.

(Pamela Landy did tell him of his true identity at the end (over the phone), and tried to convince him to return to work for the CIA. Jason declined, and "gone" in a very mysterious way. Left all of us viewers guessing of what he would do next! A real smart ending for a thriller/suspense movie!)

To my own opinion, this movie is with a better plot and quite lively with actions compared to "The Bourne Identity". Matt Damon was real good in both. Can't wait to see him again in other projects.