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However, that doesn’t matter considering the amazing stunts performed. Matt Damon, who is Jason Bourne, is pulled from the sea with amnesia. He doesn’t remember who he is or why he was there. All he knows is that he is remarkably skilled in weapons training and just about any other thing you can think of. The trouble is that he can’t recollect how he got those skills or why he has them.
This is an interesting premise that is almost always sufficient (other than that pesky ending...) Meanwhile he’s on the run from people he doesn’t know. This leads him to ask a woman he’s never met to drive him to Paris. This meeting, no matter how awkward it is, results in a relationship between the characters. Now, usually there’s no good reason to have a female lead in explosive films like this, but it works very well. Franka Potente plays the role convincingly. Damon is also very good. He’s one of the underrated actors of late, and has always been at least fair in all of his movies. This is no different.
Chris Cooper plays Agent Conklin. He, along with the FBI and several assassins, are relentlessly searching for Jason. Cooper is excellent, and so is his “alter character” Abbot played viciously by Brian Cox.
Doug Liman, directing his fourth film here, shows a nack for this sort of genre. Strangely, Liman did most of the camera work, which is very uncommon among directors. This shows that what he wanted is projected directly on screen, and because I liked what I saw, he knows what looks good. ***