In 2001, director Doug Lyman released an action movie about the adventures of Jason Bourne, an assassin who lost his memory. After 2 years, a film-continuation of this fascinating story, called "The Bourne Supremacy," followed. Actors in the project were selected from several countries at once. Which celebrity appeared in the frame? And what is the plot of the picture about?
A brief plot and the creators of the picture
The ideological inspirer of the movie series is Doug Lyman - the director who shot the action films “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and “Teleport”. He directed the first part of the franchise on his own, but he directed the shooting of the second part to Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, Lost Flight), leaving only the duties of the executive producer.
An intricate storyline for Bourne Supremacy was invented by Tony Gilroy, nominated for an Oscar for his work on the movie Michael Clayton. Oliver Wood, who worked on the action movie Die Hard 2 and the Fantastic Four, was invited to the project as an operator.
In the film “The Bourne Supremacy,” actors Matt Damon and Frank Potente once again played the main characters. Former killer Jason Bourne and his beloved Maria are hiding from the security services in one of the Indian states. At this time, Russian killer Kirill on the other side of the globe steals important files from the CIA, substitutes Bourne, leaving his fingerprints at the crime scene, and arrives in Goa to cover up his tracks and eliminate Jason. Bourne calculates the mercenary and tries to slip away from him along with Maria, but in the process of chasing the girl dies.
Now Jason can not remain aloof from what is happening: he is forced to re-enter the game, prove his innocence and avenge the death of her lover.
Matt Damon as Jason Bourne
All the misadventures of former CIA agent Jason Bourne revolve around the fact that he once lost his memory.
Bourne is trying to start life from scratch, not understanding how he could work as a hired killer before. However, he does not manage to break with the past: the main character is forced to constantly pay for old sins.
In the first part, Bourne managed to escape from the CIA and get out of the Threadstone project. But in the second part, the deliberate murder of Mary makes Jason return to the arena of espionage games.
The actors of the film “The Bourne Supremacy” are mostly little-known personalities. The main star of the project is Hollywood celebrity Matt Damon, who first became famous in 1997 after filming in the drama “Good Will Hunting”. Then there were the projects “Saving Private Ryan” by Stephen Spielberg, “Talented Mr. Ripley” by Anthony Mingella and “11 Ocean Friends”.
Matt Damon is mostly in demand in crime films and action films. Sometimes an actor tries himself as a producer or screenwriter.
Franca Potente and her heroine Maria
In the action movie "The Bourne Supremacy," actors Frank Potente and Matt Damon played a couple in love. Maria, the heroine of Potente, rescued Bourne in Berlin from her pursuers, and then “lay down” with him in India. However, in the second part of the film series about Jason Bourne, the main characters are tracked by a Russian killer, and Maria dies at his hands.
Franca Potente is a German actress who made herself known loudly in 1998, starring in the cult action movie Run, Lola, Run. The film was seen by viewers around the world, and in total he won 25 film awards.
In 2001, the actress played a major role in the Hollywood crime drama Cocaine with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. Also, the actress can be seen in the comedy “Seventeen Years” with Elijah Wood and in several episodes of the series “House House”.
Oksana Akinshina as Irina Neski
For Russian film fans, the big surprise was the appearance in the film "The Bourne Supremacy" of Russian actors. So, to Oksana Akinshina, the producers of the action movie entrusted the role of Irina Neski - the daughter of Vladimir Neski, whom Jason Bourne killed with his wife in the first part of the franchise.
An episode with Akinshina in the film takes only 5-7 minutes. Jason Bourne comes home to Irina to tell the truth about the death of her parents. For the sake of this noble impulse, Bourne has to overcome a long way from Berlin to Moscow, and then neutralize the killer who has “sat on its tail”.
Oksana Akinshina can also be seen in the Russian films “Sisters”, “Hipsters” and “8 First Dates”.
“Bourne Supremacy”: actors and supporting roles
Minor performers are also worthy of mention. In the action movie “Bourne Supremacy”, the actors Karel Roden (“Rock and Roll”) and Karl Urban (“Thor: Ragnarok”) played Russian mafiosi who are desperately hunting for Jason Bourne and secret files. It is noteworthy that neither one nor the other does not even speak Russian: Rodin is a Czech by birth, and Urban is a New Zealander.
In the image of the former chief of Bourne from the CIA - Ward Abbott - Brian Cox (The Iron Knight) reappeared on the screens. The company in his frame was Julia Styles (“Scream of Owls”), who played the rank and file of the special services, and Joan Allen (“Room”), who played the director of the CIA.