The Bourne Supremacy (2004) movie poster

The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

"They should have left him alone."
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๐Ÿ‘ 90%Google users liked it archived
Critics Score
๐ŸŽฌ 77% (RT: 81%, MC: 73) โ„น๏ธRT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Runtime
1h 48m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (8,031 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
73
Cast
Matt Damon as Jason Bourne
Franka Potente as Marie Helene Kreutz
Brian Cox as Ward Abbott
Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons
Karl Urban as Kirill
Gabriel Mann as Danny Zorn
Joan Allen as Pamela Landy
Marton Csokas as Jarda
Yes. 90% of real audiences liked it based on 8,031 votes. Critics gave it 77%.
Overview
A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive. Wikipedia โ†—
Fun Facts
  • Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
  • During the filming of The Bourne Supremacy, Matt Damon improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
  • Paul Greengrass originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
Audience Consensus

The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 American action thriller directed by Paul Greengrass, the sequel that radically redefined the franchise's visual style. Matt Damon returns as Jason Bourne, living quietly in Goa, India with Marie, played by Franka Potente, until a Russian assassin tracks them down, killing Marie and framing Bourne for the murder of two CIA operatives in Berlin. Driven by grief and the need to uncover why he's been targeted again, Bourne embarks on a globe-spanning investigation from Naples to Berlin to Moscow, pursued by the CIA's Pamela Landy, played by Joan Allen, who suspects Bourne may be innocent.

Paul Greengrass replaced Doug Liman as director and brought his documentary-honed handheld camera style, creating a visual language of urgent, chaotic immediacy that would define not just the Bourne franchise but action filmmaking for the next decade. The Moscow car chase โ€” a brutal, sustained sequence through traffic and tunnels that ended with deliberate, devastating impact โ€” was the franchise's most viscerally impactful set piece. Marie's death in the film's opening act gave Bourne a personal motivation that elevated the sequel beyond its predecessor's amnesia mystery.

The Bourne Supremacy earned $288 million worldwide.

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