12 Most Disappointing Movies From Summer 2016

12. Jason Bourne

The Buzz: It's Matt Damon reprising his most iconic role almost a decade after Jason Bourne swam away to apparent freedom, and he's reunited with Supremacy and Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass for another go-around, so it was easy to be hyped.

That's without even mentioning the superb supporting cast, including Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Riz Ahmed and Vincent Cassell. Plus, a post-Snowden Bourne movie: why not?

What We Got: An entertaining but undeniably underwhelming late sequel that never really manages to entirely justify its existence. Sure, the action is thrilling and Matt Damon hasn't missed a step as the title character, but the script, written by Greengrass and the movie's editor Christopher Rouse, is a mess of convoluted plotting, on-the-nose politics and absurd techspeak.

Perhaps most criminal of all is that, while Cassel and Jones get meaty roles, recent Oscar-winner Vikander is mostly sidelined with an immensely bland character who doesn't do much of interest until the third act.

It's perfectly acceptable, but a major comedown from the high standard set by the original trilogy.