You know what? I don't care that this film is completely unnecessary. I don't care that the Great Question of this franchise was answered in _The Bourne Ultimatum_. I don't care that the socio-political commentary is obviously struggling for relevance outside of the Bush years. I don't care that the CIA seems to not have any field assets or agents under the age of 40. I don't care that the CIA inexplicably doesn't have drones or even mentions them. I don't care that Paul Greengrass is still obsessed with handcams to the point of absurdity.

None of that makes any difference to my enjoyment of this film because I really love this character. Is it as good as its predecessors? Nope, but it's been **nine years** and the last movie tied everything up nicely. But, it's still Jason Bourne through and through: the amnesiac, conflicted, neo-Conservative definition of a patriot who just needs to know who the hell he really is.

There's a lot of action in the movie, with a few scenes of light plot-building segueing into car chase after car chase after fight scene after car chase. Most of the cast outside of Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, and Tommy Lee Jones were superfluous and their roles could have gone to anybody who happened to be available. Which is to say, most of the talent was wasted in this film...just like in the prior films. They knew what they were signing up for, I'm sure.

Finally, they kept the relationships between people vague, which I still like. Did Jason and Nicky date prior to the events of _The Bourne Identity_? We still don't know for sure, and I think that vagueness adds a deeper emotional level to the work the two actors did. I still don't really understand the connection between Tommy Lee Jones' character and Jason Bourne, and I don't actually care. This isn't anyone's story but Jason Bourne's, and he plays it close to the vest even to himself.

Will I see it a second time in the theater? No, probably not. Will I rewatch it in the future? Most definitely.

(Originally posted to Letterboxd.)