Nonetheless, scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents would prefer him dead. So he struggles to reconstruct his identity while simultaneously bringing down wild conspiracies percolating among the higher-ups in the American intelligence community. All the while, he has made the top of the CIA’s most-wanted list, and even just the sight of a meter maid is enough to send him into fits of paranoia.

From here on, it's one action sequence after another as Bourne - assisted by two women agents from Part 2 (Julia Stiles and Joan Allen) - outsmarts his pursuers and ends up back in the U.S. to solve the mystery of his past.

Returning director Paul Greengrass (United 93, Bloody Sunday) has created a straight-up action thriller that’s filled with an unbelievable amount of energy. He has Bourne jumping feet first through windows, racing across rooftops, a foot race in the ancient zigzag stone alleys of Madrid and Tangier, and - Bourne being the calculating, man-against-the-system guy that he is - kicks adversaries in the stomach and pistol-whips them for pure pleasure.