Point Break

Gosh, where to begin here....  Point Break was such a mess of what should have been, at the very least, decent. Almost 25 years after the original, it makes the original look like a masterpiece.  Limp and unmemorable cast.  Enough keystrokes already wasted.

Jason Bourne

In one of the most highly anticipated sequels of the summer, Matt Damon returns in the latest installment Jason Bourne, directed and co-written by Paul Greengrass.  To get straight to the point, it's mediocre at best.  The story or more specifically, the lack of development of the story is a real problem.  Greengrass and Damon, in an effort to expound upon a once freshly proven formula that takes in the best moments from the previous Bourne movies, end up settling on a generic refabrication of those elements.  Essentially, Jason Bourne becomes a shell of itself, regurgitating nothing an audience can get behind in plot, barring the excellent action scenes.  In all fairness, it's been 9 years since Damon and Greengrass last teamed up for The Bourne Ultimatum.  In reality, the series that changed the game and forced other films of the same genre to step it up, is a bit of a distorted parody of itself, resting only on the laurels of its visceral action sequences, fight choreography, and cinematography.  It's a damn shame, too.  It's got a great cast in originals Damon and Julia Stiles with equally good newcomers in Vincent Cassel, Tommy Lee Jones, and Alicia Vikander.  Partial spoiler alert here.  The fuckin' cast is just wasted, particularly Julia Stiles who precipitates the whole story.  Jason Bourne of course comes with great expectations and I'm certainly not saying it's the worst film.  Even this is better than most action films to be sure and the push the limit action sequences and exotic locations are still all there for sure.  But it lacks conviction in the flat ass story and character development of Bourne to justify this after being away for so long.  While other movie franchises have gotten increasingly better as a result of The Bourne films (think Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation or Skyfall), the last 2 Bourne films have seemed to echo the opposite.