Paul Greengrass ( Bloody Sunday) then took over as the main director of the franchise and his shaky-cam handheld style became the new standard of the Bourne movies.

However, Damon imbued necessary humanity into Jason Bourne and he proved himself to be more than up to the task of portraying an action hero. Director Doug Liman ( Go) was tapped to helm the 2002 feature film adaptation of The Bourne Identity, which was written by Tony Gilroy, who also penned the rest of the original Bourne trilogy. Matt Damon, who was best known for Miramax films like Good Will Hunting, was originally considered an unlikely choice to play the titular assassin. Portrayed by Matt Damon in four feature films, Jason Bourne essentially gave audiences an American equivalent to James Bond and helped redefine action movies in the 21st century.īefore Universal Pictures launched the Bourne movies, Ludlum's novel The Bourne Identity was turned into a 1988 made-for-TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne.

There have been five movies in the Jason Bourne franchise but which one of them is the best of all? Adapted from the novels written by the late Robert Ludlum (and continued by Eric Van Lustbader), Jason Bourne is a deadly CIA assassin suffering from amnesia.

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