The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
88%RT Audience Score: 90%
Awards & Nominations: 5 wins & 22 nominations
A well-made sequel that delivers the thrills
The Bourne Supremacy is like a snowball rolling down a hill – it just keeps getting bigger and better. The action scenes are heart-pumping and the snowy Moscow landscape is breathtaking. Plus, this time around, we actually get some answers to our burning questions. It’s a smooth and violent thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Just be prepared for some flashy editing that might make you dizzy. Overall, it’s a thrilling ride that’s worth taking.
Production Company(ies)
Selznick International Pictures,,
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Goa, India
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for violence and intense action, and for brief language
Year of Release
2004
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital SDDS
-
Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 48m
-
Language(s):English, Russian, German, Italian
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 23, 2004 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 7, 2004
Genre(s)
Action
Keyword(s)
starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen, directed by Paul Greengrass, written by Tony Gilroy, Robert Ludlum, action, PG-13, box office, budget, reviewed by Namrata Joshi, Nell Minow, Chris Hewitt, James Christopher, Nev Pierce, David Denby, Film Companion Staff, Mike Massie, Leigh Paatsch, Megan Basham, Kevin M W, Luke E, Ben B, espionage, thriller, spy, CIA, Russia, India, Moscow, snow, wintry, mistaken identity, frame-up, revenge, assassination, chase scenes, stunts, handheld camera, suspense, task force, Treadstone, vulnerability, vengeance, innocence, justice, Pamela Landry, Ward Abbott, Nicky, Danny Zorn, produced by Patrick Crowley, Frank Marshall, Paul L Sandberg, Universal Pictures, Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS, Scope (2.35:1), The Bourne Collection
Worldwide gross: $290,835,269
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $458,788,685
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 327
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 50,031,481
US/Canada gross: $176,241,941
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $278,019,267
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 222
US/Canada opening weekend: $52,521,865
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $82,852,528
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 104
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $75,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $118,311,481
Production budget ranking: 317
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $63,710,732
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $276,766,472
ROI to date (est.): 152%
ROI ranking: 763
Franka Potente – Marie
Brian Cox – Ward Abbott
Julia Stiles – Nicky
Karl Urban – Kirill
Gabriel Mann – Danny Zorn
Director(s)
Paul Greengrass
Writer(s)
Tony Gilroy, Robert Ludlum
Producer(s)
Patrick Crowley, Frank Marshall, Paul L. Sandberg
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
5 wins & 22 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (197) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (161) | Rotten (36)
Needless to say, the viewers also get to drink in some awesome landscape, particularly the snowy, wintry Moscow. Where Supremacy differs from Identity is that questions do get answered here eventually.
January 7, 2019 | Rating: 2/4
Namrata Joshi
Outlook
TOP CRITIC
Second in trilogy is a smooth but violent thriller.
December 28, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
Exciting, emotionally layered and brimming with invention.
August 13, 2004 | Rating: 4/5
Chris Hewitt (UK)
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
You can’t put a price on a film-maker who still believes stunts should be shot in the street and not the editing suite
August 12, 2004
James Christopher
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
A brisk, engrossing and intelligent thriller.
August 10, 2004 | Rating: 4/5
Nev Pierce
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
Of its kind, The Bourne Supremacy is incredibly skilled — much more exciting than its predecessor.
August 3, 2004
David Denby
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
The sophisticated espionage series that reinvented onscreen action gave us a new, more rooted kind of spy thriller, far removed from the Bond school of blockbuster, but no less exhilarating.
October 27, 2020
Film Companion Staff
Film Companion
The flashy, speedy editing still gets in the way of enjoying the hand-to-hand choreography of lurching punches or flitting knives.
September 29, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Quite a forceful spy drama until author Robert Ludlum’s usual formula kicks-in.
May 7, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Despite its grave themes (or perhaps because or them), The Bourne Supremacy is still supremely thrilling.
February 7, 2018
Megan Basham
National Review
The strengths are amazing, and it’s pretty impressive how thoroughly and successfully the movie rewrote the vocabulary of action cinema.
December 6, 2016 | Rating: 9/10
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
A minor step above the entertaining (yet underwhelming) The Bourne Identity…
August 12, 2012 | Rating: 3/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews…
Plot
Two years ago, Jason Bourne thought he had walked away from his past. But now the past catches up to Jason Bourne when the CIA threatens to ruin his new life. Bourne and Marie have maintained their anonymous, underground existence at the cost of permanence. Fueled by splintered nightmares and haunted by the past he cannot remember, Bourne moves Marie from city to city, trying to remain one step ahead of the threat implicit in every unexplained stranger’s glance, every “wrong number” phone call
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing to add here about The Bourne Supremacy.
Paul-Greengrass.jpg
