JASON BOURNE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Matt Damon (The Martian), Julia Stiles (Mona Lisa Smile), Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan), Tommy Lee Jones (No Country For Old Men), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), Ato Essandoh (Django Unchained), Scott Shepherd (Bridge of Spies), Bill Camp (Birdman), Stephen Kunken (Still Alice)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paul Greengrass (United 93), director, writer, producer; Christopher Rouse (film debut), writer, editor; Matt Damon (Promised Land), Gregory Goodman (X-Men: First Class) and Frank Marshall (Raiders of the Lost Ark), producers; David Buckley (The Nice Guys) and John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon), composers; Barry Ackroyd (The Big Short), cinematographer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Jason Bourne (Damon), the former sleeper agent on the run from the authorities, unexpectedly resurfaces after several years since his disappearance, right when the world is faced with unprecedented instability, and when a new program has been created to hunt him down…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Matt Damon is back as Jason Bourne – no lame Jeremy Renner replacement this time – as is Paul Greengrass as director of a spy series that has truly redefined how the genre is portrayed.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY 2016

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