This was a big letdown, I'd had been looking foreword to it for ages too but for the most part this was boring, the story line was... nothing... a same ole Bourne is trying to find out about his past, people in an office looking at computers trying to find him. Just flat, predictable and redundant.

Tommy Lee Jones, wow was he even present for filming? He was just going through the motions here and appeared to shoot most of his scenes from his living room as he's on his own, on the phone or seated at a desk, appearing grumpy (as per) and bored.

Even the synopsis is dull "The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past." Meh.

On the plus there are some decent fight scenes, car chases as expected, an exciting motorcycle chase and a great bad guy with Vincent Cassel but nothing stand out or special there, everyone is just going through the motions.

Maybe I should give this another try, did I miss something?

It wasn't until fairly recently when finally getting round to watching the original Bourne trilogy, after being behind with my film watching for various reasons and not being sure as to whether they'd be my cup of tea.

The good news was that they left me with the sense of how on earth did it take so long to see them. Really liked 'Identity' and 'Supremacy' and loved 'Ultimatum', even if neither were one hundred percent perfect and had a couple of flaws between them while having a vast number of strengths. Expectations were low for 'The Bourne Legacy', and while it was nowhere as bad as feared it left me feeling what was the point when it really should have stopped at 'Ultimatum'.

Judging from the relatively mixed reviews, there was the uncertainty as to how 'Jason Bourne' was going to turn out. Despite Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass returning, again the point of it was questioned and there was the worry as to whether it was going to lose a lot of what was so great about the original trilogy.

Finally seeing 'Jason Bourne', like 'The Bourne Legacy', it was better than expected and there are good things. However, even with the involvement of Damon and Greengrass what worked so well before is lost here and it is even more pointless than 'Legacy'.

Starting with the good things, there are moments where the film has a slick and stylish look with great locations. Some of the action is exciting and fun as well as tense.

Damon makes a very welcome return and is one of the not so many elements that still work, bringing steel, authority and vulnerability to a role that was originally quite a departure from his previous roles. Alicia Vikander acquits herself well being sympathetic and with guts. Vincent Cassell has an underwritten role but is still awesome, dripping with menace.

However, Tommy Lee Jones has the most underdeveloped character of the film, and perhaps the most clichéd and dullest character of all five films put together. He's a talented actor but does nothing with the role and looks disinterested.

Greengrass' direction doesn't work this time round. There is very little tension or thrills, and while the camera work and editing weren't as big as made out in the previous films (but there were times where the hand held shaky cam did distract) it is very excessive in 'Jason Bourne', so much so that the worst of it should have come with a seizure inducing warning, speaking as an epileptic parts did make me feel nauseous.

Writing here is even less intelligent and sharp than 'Legacy' and there isn't any hint of subtlety in sight, some of it is talky and muddled. The story is not just convoluted and too reliant on the action (enough of it working but the thrills and fun don't come consistently),but there are big pacing issues, with some scenes going on for too long and others feeling rushed.

In summary, not awful but not particularly good and leaves one questioning is there a point to all this. Promised a lot, didn't deliver enough and a significant drop in quality from the original trilogy. Of course it should stand on its own two feet, it is just hard to not compare when the difference in quality is so drastically vast. 5/10 Bethany Cox

Given that the Bourne films and in particular THE BOURNE SUPREMACY and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM are some of my very favourite modern-day action thrillers, I was delighted when I found out that Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass would be returning to the franchise for a long-overdue fourth outing (ignoring the average Jeremy Renner spin-off of a few years back). While JASON BOURNE doesn't quite reach the highs of their previous two instalments, it's still a fine action film that easily surpasses rival Hollywood fare of the last couple of years.

A lot of people have criticised this film for being an example of 'Bourne's greatest hits', i.e. copying the plot of previous Bourne movies and that's true. Nearly every major plot point here has been done in one of the previous films, although it's been re-dressed to make it feel different. But I had no problem with that. I'm here for the action, not an original story, and the action is where Greengrass delivers in spades. His goal here seems to be to depict large-scale events full of drama and chaos in an exciting way and he does that very well with the two massive set-pieces here, the riot and the conference.

Damon is older and wearier here, and with greyer hair, but he fits the role like a glove and feels like he's never been away. Julia Stiles is the only other returning star but she's good value, although some of the new players, like Tommy Lee Jones and Alicia Vikander, are a little hollow, although the latter does bag an interesting character. Best of the lot is the reliable Vincent Cassel playing the assassin, playing my second favourite villain of the franchise behind Karl Urban. I could watch Cassel all day because he burns up the screen like few others. JASON BOURNE proves to be an exciting, well-paced, and dramatic story, full of great, non-repetitive action, including an eye-popping car chase in Las Vegas which really is something else. Tremendous fun.