The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
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A man suffering from amnesia must navigate a web of conspiracy involving the CIA and the mysterious Treadstone program.
The story
Two years after an incident in Paris, Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie Kreutz are living in exile in Goa. Bourne, who suffers from psychogenic amnesia, documents his past as a CIA assassin in a notebook. The peace is shattered when a conspiracy involving the CIA and the defunct Treadstone program begins to unfold. When a series of thefts and a frame job involving the Neski files occur in Berlin, Bourne finds himself hunted by both Russian forces and internal CIA elements. He must navigate a dangerous landscape of betrayal and hidden agendas to uncover the truth about his identity and the secrets of his past.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Two years after the incident in Paris, Jason Bourne and his girlfriend Marie Kreutz are living in exile in Goa. Bourne documents his life as a CIA assassin in a notebook. In Berlin, a CIA agent is caught in a deal for the Neski files, which are stolen by a Russian agent named Kirill who frames Bourne for the crime. Following the theft, CIA officials investigate the defunct Treadstone program. Bourne travels through various locations, including Naples and Munich, where he encounters other remnants of the program. He eventually reaches Berlin and confronts the CIA's investigation. After a series of confrontations and a tense standoff with a rogue official who admits to framing him, Bourne travels to Moscow to find Irena, the daughter of the Neskis. He eventually makes contact with a CIA official who reveals his true identity as David Webb before he disappears into New York City.
- First release year
- 2004
- Runtime (minutes)
- 108
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Paul Greengrass
- Writers
- Tony Gilroy · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Matt Damon · Jason Bourne; Franka Potente; Brian Cox; Julia Stiles; Karl Urban; Gabriel Mann; Joan Allen; Chris Cooper · Alexander Conklin
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- identity; conspiracy; memory
- Tone and mood
- serious; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- spy; action; amnesia
- Source material / true-story basis
- novel of the same name
- Franchise connections
- Bourne
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 73 · scale: 100 · review count: 39
- Awards and nominations
- Best Vehicle · Stunt Awards · 2005 · win; overall award for stunt coordinator · Stunt Awards · 2005 · win
- Production trivia
- The film was shot in reverse order of its settings.; The film is ranked 454th on Empire's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.
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