Jason Bourne (film)

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Directed by Paul Greengrass
Written by
Based onCharacters
by Robert Ludlum
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Barry Ackroyd
Edited byChristopher Rouse
Music by
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures
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Running time
123 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$120 million [2]
Box office$415.5 million [3]

Jason Bourne is a 2016 American action-thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse. It is the fifth installment of the Bourne film series and a direct sequel to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). Matt Damon reprises his role as the main character, former CIA assassin Jason Bourne. In addition, the film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Riz Ahmed, Ato Essandoh, Scott Shepherd, with Julia Stiles reprising her role as Nicky Parsons.

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The character Aaron Cross, from The Bourne Legacy (2012), does not appear in the film because director Greengrass wanted to focus on the title character, and because actor Jeremy Renner was unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts. In Jason Bourne, Bourne remains on the run from CIA hit squads as he tries to uncover hidden truths about his father, while CIA director Robert Dewey (Jones) orders the head of cyber-security Heather Lee (Vikander) to hunt him down. Principal photography on the film commenced on September 8, 2015.

Jason Bourne premiered in London on July 11, 2016, and was theatrically released in the U.S. by Universal Pictures on July 29, 2016. [4] The film received mixed reviews and grossed $415 million worldwide.

Plot

Twelve years after exposing Blackbriar, ex-CIA agent and Treadstone operative Jason Bourne has finally recovered from his amnesia, isolating himself from the world and making a living as a street fighter in Greece. In Reykjavík, Treadstone technician Nicky Parsons, who has been collaborating with a hacktivist group led by Christian Dassault, hacks into the CIA's server to expose its black ops programs. In the process, Parsons finds documentation concerning Bourne's recruitment into Treadstone and his father's role in the program. She travels to Athens to inform him.

Parsons' information breach alerts Heather Lee, the CIA’s cybersecurity operations division head, and CIA Director Robert Dewey. They send teams after Bourne and Parsons, who have arranged to meet in Greece at Syntagma Square during an anti-government protest. Dewey also sends the Asset, an ex-Blackbriar operative who was captured and tortured in Syria as an unintentional consequence of Bourne's exposure of Blackbriar. Parsons is shot by the Asset; her dying act is to give the key to a locker holding the CIA files to Bourne.

Seeking answers about his past and family, Bourne locates Dassault in Berlin. Dassault decrypts Parsons' files, and Bourne discovers that his father Richard Webb was a CIA analyst involved in the creation of the Treadstone program. A malware program implanted in the files gives the CIA Bourne's location while Lee remotely erases the files. Dassault attacks Bourne, but is incapacitated.

Lee secretly alerts Bourne to the CIA team closing in. She believes that he can be persuaded to return to the agency after seeing his behavior report. After avoiding the team, Bourne tracks Malcolm Smith, an ex-Treadstone operative, in London and arranges to meet him in Paddington Plaza. Meanwhile, Lee persuades Dewey's boss, Edwin Russell, Director of National Intelligence, to allow her to contact Bourne in person and attempt to bring him back in. Dewey, who opposes her plan, secretly instructs the Asset to eliminate her team and kill Bourne.

Bourne confronts Smith, who confesses that Webb was not just an analyst for Treadstone but played a significant role in creating it; Webb threatened to expose the program when he discovered that Dewey sent agents to recruit Bourne, as he didn't want his son to become one of their assassins. The Asset killed Webb under Dewey's orders in Beirut, framing it as a terrorist attack to incentivize Bourne to join Treadstone. The Asset interrupts and kills Smith when Bourne uses him as a human shield, and then Bourne escapes. He locates Lee, who tells Bourne that, for different reasons, they both want Dewey gone, and directs him to a convention in Las Vegas.

Dewey is scheduled to attend a public debate with Aaron Kalloor, CEO of social media giant Deep Dream. Kalloor is the public face of corporate social responsibility in the Internet age, but was secretly funded by Dewey in the startup stage. Dewey intends to use Deep Dream for real-time mass surveillance alongside the latest incarnation of the CIA's targeted assassination "Beta" program, a more ruthless version of Blackbriar in which the assassin can murder anyone to get to the target. However, Kalloor has started having second thoughts about giving the CIA access to Deep Dream.

Dewey authorizes the Asset to assassinate Kalloor and Lee, having discovered that she is helping Bourne. Bourne thwarts the assassinations and confronts Dewey in his suite. Dewey attempts to stage an ambush, but is killed by Lee, whose involvement in Dewey's death is covered up by Bourne. Bourne pursues the Asset, and the pair end up crashing into the Riviera casino. Bourne chases the Asset down into the sewers where they engage in a fight that ends with Bourne killing the Asset.

Lee volunteers herself to Russell as the new CIA director. She outlines her plan to bring Bourne back to the agency, but is prepared to kill him if he refuses. Lee meets with Bourne, who says he will consider the offer. Lee returns only to realize Bourne had her and Russell's conversation recorded, indicating he was aware of her true intentions, as he then disappears again.

Cast

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Matt Damon and Julia Stiles reprised their roles from the original trilogy of films.

Production

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Film production in Berlin

Development

In May 2007, prior to the release of The Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon stated that he would not be interested in returning for a fourth Bourne film, remarking of his participation in the Bourne franchise: "We have ridden that horse as far as we can." [5] Damon said in August 2007:

I think in terms of another one, the story of this guy's search for his identity is over, because he's got all the answers, so there's no way we can trot out the same character, and so much of what makes him interesting is that internal struggle that was happening for him: am I a good guy, am I a bad guy, what is the secret behind my identity, what am I blocking out, why am I remembering these disturbing images? So all of that internal propulsive mechanism that drives the character is not there, so if there was to be another one, then it would have to be a complete reconfiguration, you know. Where do you go from there? For me, I kind of feel like the story that we set out to tell has now been told. I love the character, and if Paul Greengrass calls me in ten years and says, 'Now we can do it, because it's been ten years and I have a way to bring him back,' then there's a world in which I can go, 'Yeah, absolutely.' We could get the band back together if there was a great idea behind it, but in terms of now and this story, that part—-the story's been told ... [6]

Instead The Bourne Legacy was released in the U.S. on August 10, 2012 with Jeremy Renner replacing Damon as the star. [7] Despite getting mixed reviews Universal noted that they planned to continue with the series, [8] with Damon and Paul Greengrass later expressing interest in returning. [9]

On September 15, 2014, it was announced that Damon and Greengrass would indeed return for the next Bourne film. [10] In November 2014, Damon confirmed that he and Greengrass would return, with a script from themselves, with Christopher Rouse editing. [11] [12] On May 23, 2015, Deadline Hollywood reported that Alicia Vikander was in talks to star with Damon in the fifth film. [13] On June 19, 2015, Deadline reported that Julia Stiles had confirmed she would be reprising the role of Nicky Parsons in the film, a character she had previously played in the first three films. [14] Viggo Mortensen was in talks to play the villain role. [15] On June 23, 2015, Vikander was confirmed to star in the sequel, while she was also in talks for the Assassin's Creed film, which she passed on. [16] On July 28, 2015, Tommy Lee Jones joined the film's cast to play a senior CIA officer. [17] On September 1, 2015, Vincent Cassel was cast in the film as an assassin who tracks Bourne. [18] On September 15, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that actor Ato Essandoh was cast in the film as an unspecified character. [19] On October 20, 2015, Scott Shepherd was added to the cast to play the deputy director of the CIA. [20] On November 4, 2015, Variety confirmed that Riz Ahmed had signed on to play the role of a tech specialist working with the CIA. [21]

Filming

Principal photography on the film commenced on September 8, 2015. [22] In late November 2015, filming took place in Kreuzberg, Berlin. [23] In early December 2015, filming started in Washington, D.C., where shooting took place at Constitution Gardens. [24] Filming in Las Vegas, Nevada was scheduled to begin on January 14, 2016, lasting until January 21. [25] Filming also took place at stages F and H at Leavesden Studios. [26] The Leavesden set was used as the CIA hub space in the film. [27] Production on the film concluded on February 1, 2016. [28]

Soundtrack

Jason Bourne:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
John Powell and David Buckley
ReleasedJuly 29, 2016
Recorded2016
Genre Soundtrack
Length61:16
Label Back Lot Music
Singles from Jason Bourne: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "Extreme Ways (Jason Bourne)"
    Released: July 29, 2016

The soundtrack to Jason Bourne, as composed by John Powell and David Buckley, and additional music by Batu Sener, was released digitally on July 29, 2016, by Back Lot Music. [29] A new version of Moby's "Extreme Ways", entitled "Extreme Ways (Jason Bourne)", was recorded for the film's end credits.

Track listing
  1. "I Remember Everything" – 2:04
  2. "Backdoor Breach" – 3:50
  3. "Converging in Athens" – 4:13
  4. "Motorcycle Chase" – 6:53
  5. "A Key to the Past" – 2:37
  6. "Berlin" – 2:02
  7. "Decrypted" – 5:34
  8. "Flat Assault" – 2:39
  9. "Paddington Plaza" – 6:46
  10. "White Van Plan" – 2:49
  11. "Las Vegas" – 3:48
  12. "Following the Target" – 3:29
  13. "Strip Chase" – 4:59
  14. "An Interesting Proposal" – 2:13
  15. "Let Me Think About It" – 2:24
  16. "Extreme Ways (Jason Bourne)" by Moby – 4:56

Release

On January 6, 2015, Universal set the film's United States release date as July 29, 2016. [30] The first trailer for the film aired on February 7, 2016, during Super Bowl 50 and revealed the title of the film. [31] The film was released in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2016. [32]

Home media

Jason Bourne was released on Digital HD and on Blu-ray/DVD December 6, 2016, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Reception

Box office

Jason Bourne became a commercial success, with a modest budget compared to its final gross. [33] The film grossed $162.4 million in the United States and Canada and $253.1 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $415.5 million, against a production budget of $120 million. [3]

The film passed the $400 million threshold on October 7, making it the second film in the Bourne franchise to reach this milestone and the highest-grossing film in the series behind The Bourne Ultimatum. [34] Worldwide, the film opened at number one in 50 markets, scoring the biggest debut in the franchise in 53 markets. In 51 territories, Jason Bourne is the highest-grossing film in the franchise. [34] It is the third highest-grossing film of 2016 (behind Warcraft and The Mermaid ) that is not about comic book superheroes nor anthropomorphic animals (including The Jungle Book ). [33]

United States and Canada

In the United States and Canada, Jason Bourne was projected to gross $50–60 million in its opening weekend. [35] [36] [37] It made $4.2 million from Thursday night previews at 2,928 theaters which began at 7:00pm, becoming the first film in the series to earn above $1 million from previews, although the other four films' screenings began at midnight. [38] [39] On its opening day, it grossed $22.8 million, which is the second biggest opening day of the series behind The Bourne Ultimatum ($24.6 million). [40] It topped the box office in its opening weekend as expected with a $59.2 million opening, making it one of the few franchise titles from 2016 to open on par with its predecessor. It is the second biggest opening for the franchise as well as for Damon, just behind the $69 million debut of The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007. [2] [41] The film dropped by 71% on its second Friday ($6.5 million) as a result of the release of the superhero film Suicide Squad . By comparison, the last four Bourne movies all dropped (respectively) 46%, 59%, 57% and 61% on their second Fridays. [42] In its second weekend the film grossed $22.7 million (a drop of 61.6%), finishing second at the box office. [43]

Other territories

Internationally, Jason Bourne is the highest-grossing film of the series [44] and has secured a release in a total of 78 countries. [45] The film opened day-and-date in conjuncture with its North American release across 46 territories, including Australia, Brazil, South Korea and the U.K. and Ireland. [46] It grossed $22.8 million on its opening day, marking the biggest international opening day for the franchise. It had No. 1 opening days in 28 markets and recorded the biggest opening day for the franchise in the United Kingdom and Ireland ($5.2 million). [47] Through Sunday, July 31, it had an opening weekend total of $50.7 million easily topping the box office as well as debuting at first place in 27 of the 48 markets and scored the best international opening for the franchise. [45] After three weeks of fluctuating up and down the charts, it rose back to the top spot in its fourth weekend after a strong debut in China. [48]

It recorded the biggest opening for the franchise in South Korea ($11.3 million), the United Kingdom ($10.2 million), Australia ($5.8 million) Japan ($4.4 million) and Russia ($2.1 million) and had number one openings in France ($3.4 million), Australia, Taiwan ($2 million), Spain ($1.9 million), Indonesia ($1.7 million), the Philippines ($1.5 million) the Netherlands ($1.5 million), Mexico ($1.5 million), the UAE ($1.2 million), Sweden ($1.1 million) and Singapore ($1.1 million). [45] [48] [49] [50] [51]

Brazil was one of the markets that did not open in first place, instead opening in fourth place with $1.4 million. South Korea posted the biggest opening among all other countries and although it faced stiff competition from local titles – Operation Chromite and Train to Busan – debuted in third place. Its opening figure is nevertheless a franchise milestone and comes ahead of competitions like Spectre and Furious 7 . [45] Similarly, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it finished in second place after facing competition with the animated Finding Dory . It had a £7.6 million ($10 million) debut including £2.29 million ($3 million) worth of previews from 563 theaters, a new record for the franchise. However, based on pure Friday to Sunday earnings with the exclusion of previews, the film's £5.31 ($6.98 million) is more or less at par with The Bourne Ultimatum's £5.31 million ($7 million). [45] [52] In just 10 days, it became the second highest-grossing film in the series there. [53] In India, it debuted in second place for a non-local film behind Suicide Squad with $1.1 million. [54]

In China, the film was released on Tuesday, August 23, alongside the animated Ice Age: Collision Course and received an exclusive 3D version. [55] It grossed an estimated $12.3 million on its opening day to record the franchise's best opening day there (other Chinese sources had it at $11.8 million [55] ). By comparison, The Bourne Legacy made $12.7 there in four days. [56] In three days, it earned $25.1 million. [55] In total, it delivered a six-day opening weekend total of an estimated $49.1 million – and a Friday to Sunday total of $23.9 million – to record the biggest opening for the franchise there. Its opening numbers alone surpassed the lifetime total of all other Jason Bourne films there. [48] [57] [58] While it had a robust opening, compared to other Hollywood films that also opened on a Tuesday, such as Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Friday +18%, Saturday +68%) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (Friday +37%, Saturday +88%), Jason Bourne's box office jumps on its first Friday and Saturday were just 13% and 43% respectively. [59] Following a first-place finish, it fell precipitously by 92% in its second weekend, earning $3.8 million. [50] China Film Insider projected that the film will end its run with a total of around $82 million, and also pointed out that had Universal not scheduled its release with Ice Age: Collision Course, the film could've grossed over $100 million. [59] But the film ended up making $66.3 million. [34]

Following North America and China, the U.K. is the film's top earning international market with $30.4 million, followed by South Korea with $19.1 million and Australia with $16.7 million and France with $11.6 million. [34]

Critical response

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 54% based on 324 reviews, with a weighted average score of 5.80/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Jason Bourne delivers fans of the franchise more of what they've come to expect – which is this sequel's biggest selling point as well as its greatest flaw." [60] Metacritic gave the film a normalized score of 58 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [61] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. [62]

Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a mixed review, writing: "Jason Bourne is a completely unnecessary sequel that barely moves along the plot from the third movie. And after what a Big Deal it was in The Bourne Legacy that no one could find Jason Bourne, it does feel a bit weird that the return of Jason Bourne seems so anticlimactic." [63] Chris Tilly of IGN gave the film 7/10, saying: "Jason Bourne has a passable plot and a couple of pulsating sequences, which already makes it better than the majority of action movies. But in the context of its predecessors, that isn't good enough, the new movie never fully escaping the shadow of that previous trilogy, and making you question the wisdom of drawing Bourne back out of the shadows at all." [64]

A. O. Scott of The New York Times described Damon's performance as being "as subdued as ever" and said: "[t]his is perhaps the most striking feature of Jason Bourne: Virtually all the major characters—good, bad and in-between—work for the same organization, at least on a consulting basis. There are dark whispers about external threats, and invocations of the tension between security and privacy in the digital age, but geopolitics and technology are scaffolding for what is essentially a movie about human resources challenges in a large bureaucracy." [65] Peter Debruge of Variety said, "[i]n many ways, Jason Bourne is the most unsettling movie in the series, seeing as it points to a vast conspiracy directed at the American people, and Greengrass's style—rendered visceral via the marriage of Barry Ackroyd's on-the-fly lensing, a tense techno score, and Rouse's cutting-room trickery—lends itself nicely to an era in which shadow forces rely on such tools as satellite surveillance and facial recognition software." He went on by saying, "just as the initial Damon-driven trilogy wrapped up Bourne's business but left us wanting more, this sequel offers closure even as it entices us with the possibility of his return." [66]

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three and a half out of four stars, describing Damon's performance as being, "outstanding as the tightly wound, perpetually restless and conflicted Jason Bourne, who is practically a superhero when it comes to fighting but is utterly lost the rest of the time", and said: "Jason Bourne is the best action thriller of the year so far, with a half-dozen terrific chase sequences and fight scenes. At one point the action swings to Vegas, and while some of what transpires is almost cartoonishly over-the-top, it's great fun." [67] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter found the film's conclusion and the characters distasteful, writing: "unfortunately, then, the film ends on a flat, unimpressive note, as well as with the realization that, no matter how much time we've spent with them, the characters remain utterly one-dimensional", but went on by saying, "technically and logistically, Greengrass delivers everything you expect from him; there's no one better when it comes to staging complex, chaotic action amid the real life of big cities. As before, cinematographer Barry Ackroyd is a great asset in this regard, and all production and effects hands join seamlessly in the achieved goal of physical verisimilitude." [68]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
Critics' Choice Awards December 11, 2016 Best Action Movie Jason BourneNominated [69]
Best Actor in an Action Movie Matt Damon Nominated
Empire Awards March 19, 2017 Best Thriller Jason BourneWon [70]
London Film Critics' Circle January 22, 2017 Technical AchievementGary PowellNominated [71]
Saturn Awards June 28, 2017 Best Thriller Film Jason BourneNominated [72]
Screen Actors Guild Awards January 29, 2017 Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture The stunt ensemble of Jason BourneNominated [73]
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association December 18, 2016 Best Action MovieJason BourneNominated [74]
Teen Choice Awards July 31, 2016 Choice AnTEENcipated MovieJason BourneNominated [75]
Choice Movie Actor: AnTEENcipatedMatt DamonNominated
Choice Movie Actress: AnTEENcipated Alicia Vikander Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards February 7, 2017 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Dan Barrow, Huw Evans, Julian Gnass, Charlie Noble and Steve WarnerNominated [76]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association December 5, 2016 Best Portrayal of Washington D.C.Jason BourneNominated [77]

Future

Frank Marshall said Universal Pictures is hoping to plan a sequel to Jason Bourne, making it the sixth Bourne film. He also stated that an upcoming film would expand the Bourne universe. [78] However, in March 2017, Matt Damon cast doubt upon a sequel, hinting that people "might be done" with the character, [79] but previously stated he would be up to work with Jeremy Renner on a Bourne film, "If they could find a way". [80] In September 2019, Ben Smith, the producer of the Treadstone television series, confirmed that another movie was "definitely" in the works and that it would be in the same universe as the TV show. [81] In November 2023, it was reported that a new Bourne project by Edward Berger was in the early stages of development. [82] [83]

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Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by Justin Lin, written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, and based on the television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the 13th film in the Star Trek franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto reprise their respective roles as Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock, with Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin reprising their roles from the previous films. This was one of Yelchin's last films; he died in June 2016, a month before the film's release. Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, and Lydia Wilson also appear.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captivate Entertainment</span>

Captivate Entertainment LLC. is an American film production company, founded by Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith in 2009. It has a first-look deal with Universal Studios and it is based on the Universal Studios Backlot in Universal City, California. The company is best known for managing the movie rights of Robert Ludlum's books and producing the 2012 film The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton.

<i>Treadstone</i> 2019 American action drama television series

Treadstone is an American action drama television series, connected to and based on the Bourne film series. A "special preview" of the pilot aired on USA Network on September 24, 2019, ahead of its October 15, 2019, premiere. The series was created by Tim Kring, who is also the executive producer alongside Ramin Bahrani, Ben Smith, Jeffrey Weiner, Justin Levy, Bradley Thomas, and Dan Friedkin. Treadstone received generally mixed reviews from critics and in May 2020, the series was canceled after one season.

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