1) Bourne 5
Don’t let the failure of The Bourne Legacy cloud your judgement: before Tony Gilroy’s aborted attempt to continue the franchise with Jeremy Renner in the lead, the Bourne films under Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon were peak action.
Now, the two are back for the fifth installment. It’s Greengrass and Damon’s first time writing a Bourne script together, and the politically aware pair have assembled what sounds like action cinema’s riposte to an increasingly troubled world.
The plot – which is still under wraps – takes Jason Bourne from austerity-wracked Greece to Las Vegas, and puts the character in what Damon has described as a “post-Snowden world.”
Whatever the deal story-wise, the screenplay was good enough to attract a typically (for Bourne) stunning cast: Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Riz Ahmed, Vincent Cassel. Even if the script turns out less interesting than it sounds, it’s difficult to imagine this lot screwing up.