When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.
Good enough to make one have faith in certain things again, like spy movies, sequels and the charismatically low-key, quietly lethal movie-star charisma of Matt Damon.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
23 Jul 2004
rotten:
The movie is utterly synthetic.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
23 Jul 2004
fresh:
An entertaining, well-constructed spy story (though not as satisfying as the first film -- perhaps because it's not as simple).
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
24 Jul 2004
rotten:
Another of those incoherent Robert Ludlum spy thrillers with more logistics than logic.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
29 Jul 2004
fresh:
Of its kind, The Bourne Supremacy is incredibly skilled -- much more exciting than its predecessor.