Jason Bourne

Today was rainy, so it was a good day to see Jason Bourne, the movie. In order to get ready for the latest addition to the saga, we saw the 3 previous movies earlier in the week. The first movie was made when Matt Damon, the star, was 29...a young callow kid with a case of amnesia. The fourth movie has Matt Damon 14 years older. He's no longer young, callow, nor an kid; and the amnesia is finally gone. As in all the movies, he's still a stone killer.  I'm not sure if the movie was good or not. The story line was very shallow. We get to follow Jason from Athens to Berlin to London to Vegas as he runs away from a bullet. All the movies have some fantastic chase scenes, and this one was no different ... But it seems as if the whole movie was a giant chase scene. At one point, I was laughing as the chase was getting too absurd as more "stuff" was getting destroyed but our man continued! The movie is a good diversion. It's not great cinema, but it's not horrible cinema either.  Since we have the series on DVD, I'm sure we will buy this one when it comes out. That's not a ringing endorsement of Jason Bourne, it's just something to add to the set as they are all good diversions on a rainy day.