Matt Damon isn’t the most athletic or natural fighter in the world, but he does sell the fights well with confidence and the creatives have done a fantastic job giving him a very basic and tactical fight style. ![]() The fight lasts barely a minute and a half, but it makes a huge impression on the viewer. To Bourne’s surprise (and the viewers), a CIA assassin bursts through a glass panel in the apartment and a fight ensues. The scene feels eerie and sets up the anticipation of a conflict well. “The Pen Fight” -The Bourne Identity (2002)- Commentary: Inside a nice Paris apartment, Marie goes to freshen up and Bourne begins to search for clues to his identity by making some calls and keeping notes on a pad. Bourne here climbs alongside of the building, escapes across rooftops and onto the street where cops pick him up and per the tradition he must quickly glance at a subway tram schedule and he is off to try and outwit them, which he does over a tram station and bridge.ĥ. This pattern does an excellent job of conveying the intensity and split-second choices that need to be made to escape authorities. ![]() The iconic driving score backing this works perfectly. The editing style supports this by often throwing 3-4 edits of close-up movement followed by a wider shot (establishing space and geography) held just a bit longer. Once the authorities swarm in the chase is on and like the trend established in the consulate scene from the first movie – these chases are more about intelligence and small bursts of action than they are on pure spectacle. As he is exploring and discovering his past (dramatic flashbacks help the significance of the moment a lot here), the authorities are on to him and closing in. Bourne visits a hotel where he believes he may have done an operation in his past. Commentary: This is a great example of how the Bourne series used action sequences to help unveil exposition, rather than just counting on slow dramatic scenes to do it.
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