Cash has at all times spoken louder than anything in Hollywood, so no matter no matter artistic causes director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon might have outlined, everybody is aware of the actual cause the pair opted to reunite for Jason Bourne, the fourth installment they’d been adamant would by no means occur.
In consequence, the top product solely remodeled an all-time nice trilogy into an excellent franchise, however it even wound up scoring the more severe evaluations than Jeremy Renner’s immediately forgettable The Bourne Legacy. So far as multi-film narratives go, although, the amnesiac spy is unquestionably up their among the many twenty first Century’s finest, however the film struggled to justify its personal existence.
That doesn’t imply followers have turned their backs on the saga fully, with Jason Bourne at present flying excessive on the Netflix international most-watched checklist, the place it’s even managed to attain the sixth spot on the Canadian charts per FlixPatrol.
It isn’t a patch on the primary three, however there are many far worse $100+ million studio blockbusters on the market. If something, it’s extra of a Biggest Hits package deal for Damon and Greengrass, one that gives matches of action-packed leisure with out bringing an oz of freshness to the desk.
There have been even plans afoot for a whole cinematic universe, with producer Ben Smith stating {that a} sixth entry was “undoubtedly” on the best way, and it might tie into TV spinoff Treadstone. After all, that was earlier than the present was canceled after a single season, so it is perhaps the top of the street for Bourne in spite of everything.
