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50 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 95TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleThis fourth entry after a nine-year break for Damon and Greengrass should represent, for those ready and able to separate popcorn mayhem from the grim realities of world headlines, a bruising and exhilarating ride.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattDirector Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips, United 93) has always had a taste for the topical and political, and his third Bourne outing augments the usual truth-and-justice talking points with a strenuously current nod to digital privacy issues via a Zuckerberg-like social-media mogul (Riz Ahmed). If anything, he underplays those assets, shorting deeper story development for exotic zip codes, bang-up fisticuffs, and adrenalized chase scenes.
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThis explosive reunion between Damon and director Paul Greengrass further reveals key secrets about Bourne’s origins, bringing its lethal protagonist as close as he’s ever likely to get to total recall.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyUp until a narratively implausible and logistically ridiculous climactic motorcycle chase through Vegas that feels like a sop to the Fast & Furious crowd, Jason Bourne is an engrossing re-immersion in the violent and mysterious world of Matt Damon's shadowy secret op.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe Snowden/social media plotline of this film does a bit to make Bourne more relevant. But the ingredients are basically the same.
- 60The TelegraphTim RobeyThe TelegraphTim RobeyHunting Bourne is more than ever a business now, with a bottom line to worry about, a crowd to please, and presumably hasty deadlines to meet. It’s not that there’s no pause for thought in this still-good-fun episode. There’s just not enough thought in the pauses.
- 60CineVueBen NicholsonCineVueBen NicholsonThe political commentary feels far more explicitly pointed and widely integral than in previous incarnations which adds a bold new dynamic where perhaps the same re-inventive verve is lacking in the film's formulaic story. Fortunately, Greengrass and Damon are so in command of this material it's rarely too much of a concern. Even when little of substance seems to be happening, the narrative feels propulsive.
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonWhen the talking stops the film takes off, with a pair of bone-rattling chases set in Athens and Las Vegas that cause maximum damage to people, property and the audience’s eardrums. A bracing reminder of how fiercely efficient Greengrass can be, these scenes just about justify the existence of Jason Bourne. But, please, no more.
- Leagues ahead of Legacy but the weakest of the Matt Damon movies, Bourne still has the power to thrill. But it seems his story has run out of steam.