Why : Nausea-inducing shaky camerawork has been the trademark of all Jason Bourne movies and has prompted widespread criticism from reviewers. But that’s probably the only flaw that the critics could ever find in a Jason Bourne movie. Right from The Bourne Identity, through The Bourne Supremacy and all the way till The Bourne Ultimatum, the franchise has maintained exceptional pace and grittiness throughout.Among the three, the second movie stands out. Paul Greengrass took the director's chair from Doug Liman and Greengrass made an already fine concept even better. Loosely based on Robert Ludlum’s novel, The Bourne Supremacy epitomized gritty look and realism in stunt sequences. Matt Damon gave a fabulous performance as the troubled spy who doesn't know his identity. To add to that, he excelled in the strenuous fights.
The plot functioned, not as an adhesive to fix the action pieces together, but as the frame which held everything as one strong entity. Darker and more complex than The Bourne Identity, with more bone-shattering chases and hand-to-hand combat, Supremacy reigns high up in the action movie chart. The car chase in Moscow was brilliantly coordinated and it shows.
Supremacy went on to inspire two significant reboots in Hollywood – the James Bond sequel, Casino Royale and the Batman movie, Batman Begins. Directors addictively turned to real stunt work instead of special effects and this movie was instrumental in that transition.
Above all, it was the movie which taught us all that a magazine can be used to kill a man. Lesson learnt, not the hard way
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