The story begins in Goa, India, where Jason and Marie hide until the arrival of a killer (Karl Urban), dispatched by a Russian oil mogul (Karel Roden), abruptly ends their idyll. At the same time, the CIA is investigating the murder of two agents in Berlin, where a glaring fingerprint left at the scene of the crime points to Jason.
This time, a CIA deputy, Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), pressures her boss, Ward Abbott (Cox), to reopen a case that was closed two years earlier and bring Jason down. In short order, a CIA team led by Allen descends on Berlin. Meanwhile, Jason's flight takes him from Goa to Naples to Berlin to Moscow.
Plot and character ultimately don't matter much in a movie that's all about building and sustaining a mood in which visceral and emotional rhythms are blended into a high-gloss thrill ride in which every curve and dip is calculated. Where most Hollywood action movies, edited within an inch of their lives, use split-second leaps and flashes as visual jolts to camouflage holes, The Bourne Supremacy knows what it's doing. Its relentless speed not only puts you in Jason's shoes by suggesting the adrenaline rush of a fugitive who has no time to look around, but also suggests Jason's quick thinking. If you pay close attention, you won't get lost. And even if you do, it doesn't take away from the fun.
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