Here's what critics are saying about movie

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July 29, 2016 1:59 PM

The fifth film in the Bourne film series, "Jason Bourne" is the sequel to the 2012 film "The Bourne Legacy," and stars Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones.

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The reviews are in, and here is what critics are saying about the American action spy thriller directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Greengrass and Christopher Rouse.

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"Even when Jason Bourne doesn't click with the same rhythm as its predecessors, it has a weight that outclasses nearly every other big action movie around." - Associated Press.

"The action is characteristically stylish and breathtakingly fast." - CNN.

"All this plays out at a breakneck pace that is paradoxically unengaging, despite the nonstop action." - Washington Post.

"Damon, his eternal boyishness finally settling into the inevitability of middle age, brings the personal touch this movie needs. Its action is generic, but he's always special." - Time Magazine.

"A by-the-numbers action film that's not nearly as strong as its Damon-led predecessors." - USA Today.

"Technically and logistically, Greengrass delivers everything you expect from him; there's no one better when it comes to staging complex, chaotic action amid the real life of big cities." - Hollywood Reporter.

"Jason Bourne has already given us a hero who transcends two dimensions. We just need to know more about what he's fighting for." - Entertainment Weekly.

"Just as the initial Damon-driven trilogy wrapped up Bourne's business but left us wanting more, this sequel offers closure even as it entices us with the possibility of his return." - Variety.

"This fourth entry after a nine-year break for Damon and Greengrass should represent, for those ready and able to separate popcorn mayhem from the grim realities of world headlines, a bruising and exhilarating ride." - The Wrap.

"[Damon] has lost none of his battered gravity, and director Paul Greengrass keeps the action racing forward in a splinteringly rough documentary style." - People Magazine.

"Jason Bourne has a passable plot and a couple of pulsating sequences, which already makes it better than the majority of action movies." - IGN Movies.

"Bourne used to be an anguished amnesiac. Now he remembers who he is, but this fourth episode of the franchise forgot to make him human." - Wall Street Journal.

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The fifth film in the Bourne film series, "Jason Bourne" is the sequel to the 2012 film "The Bourne Legacy," and stars Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones.

"Jason Bourne" made its debut today, Friday, July 29, 2016.

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