Jason Bourne: reviews

What the critics say average 7.0 from 8 outlets

• 9.5 The WrapRobert Abele This 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. Read
• 8.3 Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt Director Paul Greengrass 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. Read
• 8.0 VarietyPeter Debruge This 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. Read
• 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy Up 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. Read
• 6.0 Time OutTom Huddleston When 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. Read
• 6.0 The TelegraphTim Robey Hunting 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. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw The Snowden/social media plotline of this film does a bit to make Bourne more relevant. But the ingredients are basically the same. Read
• 5.0 IndiewireEric Kohn Jason Bourne adheres to an existing format so robotically that it never manages to surprise or engage for longer than the occasional passing moment. Read