Jason Bourne Review: 7 Ups And 3 Downs

4. The Action Is, Obviously, Great

What Bourne's always had, on top of the amnesiac plot, is the action (and this is why Greengrass is usually cited as the series' MVP). No one can shoot shakey cam action quite like him, with a fully aware sense of place and brutish choreography. Things haven't really dulled with Jason Bourne, with the same confidence of approach to the immense, blurred close-ups and snappy editing still here.

The action beats in Jason Bourne give both director and actor the chance to show the full range of what they can do. There's a really nice variety in here, with the Athens chase, several fist fights, a London-set bit of espionage and a massive finale in Las Vegas that hits just about every beat imaginable, and it's all consistently engrossing.

Once again it's the ability to keep up the pace that's so impressive. Few action movies can maintain the adrenaline rush for longer than a couple of minutes (just look at the problems in Spectre), but several sequences here threaten to never end, which really push Bourne's intensity in the face of exhaustion.