The Bourne Supremacy

Straight out the gate, The Bourne Supremacy explodes into another convulsive, intercontinental manhunt. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has settled down since his last adventure, though he's still haunted by flashbacks of his misplaced past. So when the CIA starts snooping into his personal life, he comes back at them using all of the training he can remember—hand-to-hand combat, sniping, brisk walking. Turns out, Bourne's been framed and is now being pursued amid a fluster of backstabbing within a government looking to "close the book" on the former assassin. Bourne hits up India, Amsterdam, and Germany, all the while trying to figure out why he's being so closely tracked everywhere he goes. Again. Since the sequel was already planned in author Robert Ludlum's Bourne trilogy, there are no gaping holes between installments, and the action finds fifth gear with a car chase through the streets of Moscow that makes the first flick look like Herbie, the Love Bug. Quick-cut editing sustains the action from country to country and even livens up the subplots—including a returning role for Brian Cox and a new role for Joan Allen. And as the center of the action, Damon doesn't mess around, carrying this franchise so confidently that we would gladly welcome a third installment.