Line #24 Film/JasonBourne


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine You know his name.]]'']]
3	->''"You've tortured yourself for a long time now, Jason. You torture yourself for what you've done. But you don't know the truth about what they did to you."''
4	-->-- '''Nicolette "Nicky" Parsons'''
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6	''Jason Bourne'' is a ConspiracyThriller directed by Creator/PaulGreengrass and starring Creator/MattDamon as the eponymous ex-intelligence operative, Jason Bourne, released on July 29th, 2016. It marks the fifth film in Creator/{{Universal}}'s ''Film/TheBourneSeries'', as well as being a sequel to two films: ''Film/TheBourneUltimatum'', and ''Film/TheBourneLegacy''. Creator/JuliaStiles reprises her role of Nicky Parsons and newcomers include Creator/AliciaVikander, Creator/TommyLeeJones and Creator/VincentCassel.
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8	Years after regaining his memory and shutting down the program which created him in ''Film/TheBourneUltimatum'', Jason has gone into retirement, trying to live quietly in the shadows. But when former handler and collaborator Nicky Parsons asks for Jason's help to find out about a new program known as "Iron Hand", Bourne finds himself drawn back again into a world of deception and intrigue, where his past still haunts him.
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10	Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gBnmKOixDM Super Bowl TV spot]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4gJsKZvqE4 Trailer]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_OK-Z7wCUs preview 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVrIlE7aCiM preview 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGPBvZEvf8 preview 3]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skk4pkCVx6Y preview 4]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjuJdERDjYg preview 5]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdHisOlZwag preview 6]]).
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12	!!''Jason Bourne'' contains examples of:
13	* AbortedArc: The film's plot is kicked off with Nicky stealing CIA black ops files for hacker Christian Dassault, who Bourne meets in Berlin. After [[spoiler:Heather manages to delete the files]] Dassault and that plot thread are dropped entirely, focusing on [[spoiler:Bourne's YouKilledMyFather plot.]]
14	* ActorAllusion: Creator/TommyLeeJones stars as [[Film/MenInBlack an authority figure in a secretive government agency]] who's [[Film/TheFugitive hunting down a wanted fugitive]]. He also plays an evil figure in the CIA, just as he did in ''Film/UnderSiege'' where coincidentally, he was a rogue CIA operative.
15	* ArtisticLicenseCars - As is generally the case with a chase scene, but a pretty egregious one that makes the chase scene possible: the Bearcat 454 that the Asset is driving is built like a tank on wheels, but has nowhere near the top speed of Bourne's peppy sports car. Bourne would've been able to outspeed and outmaneuver him while still only in third gear.[[note]]A Bearcat 454 or equivalent is a heavily armored wheeled vehicle - the key element being "heavy." As a result, it has an engine built for torque, not speed, since getting that mass moving is a tough task. Vehicles of that type generally max out at about 55 to 60 MPH. Thus, about 90% of what it does on screen is so far beyond the pale of reality that it places itself solidly within the orbit of heavy artistic license.[[/note]]
16	* AscendedExtra: The Asset is far more developed, and gets far more lines, than any of the previous Treadstone/Blackbriar assets. Ironically, he never gets a name unlike some earlier Assets, just being called 'The Asset'.
17	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Dewey and the Asset, seeing as they actively murder their own people just to get one step closer to taking down Bourne. At the end, they get what they deserve. While at it, Bourne also warns Lee that she'll end up this way if she tries to come after him.]]
18	* AttackItsWeakPoint: During a hand-to-hand struggle, Bourne and the Asset both attack the injuries their opponent received earlier.
19	* BadBoss: [[spoiler:Dewey is more than happy to let the Asset kill several of his own agents so he can sabotage Heather's plan to bring Jason in alive. For comparison, not even Vosen went that far in ''Ultimatum.'']]
20	* BatmanGambit:
21	** Dewey's plans hinge on this. When he learns about Nicky's hack, he counts on her leading them to Bourne. When he figures out they're going to be meeting at a protest in Greece, he takes advantage to have the Asset kill Bourne. When Heather tries to talk Bourne into surrendering, he [[spoiler:has the Asset murder all of Heather's agents]], knowing Bourne wouldn't do it anyway. When his partner tries to blab on him, he has the Asset try to murder him and Heather. He also knew Bourne would come for him, and if it wasn't for Heather, Bourne would have been killed.
22	** Heather's plans [[spoiler:to replace Dewey as DCI]] also hinge on this. When reviewing Bourne's psych profile, she finds that Bourne can be manipulated once he's reached his tipping point, [[spoiler:which he has when Nicky's dead.]] From that point on she attempts to bring him in alive, even assisting him in infiltrating Dewey's hotel in Vegas, knowing that if Bourne kills Dewey, the DCI seat will be empty, and Bourne will be indebted to her.
23	* BigBad: CIA Director Robert Dewey.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Heather saving Bourne from Dewey]].
25	* BigBrotherIsWatching: [[spoiler:"Iron Hand" is revealed to be a plan for the CIA to have real time monitoring of everything people are doing using the wildly popular (1.6 billion users) Deep Dream apps and operating systems]].
26	* BreakingSpeech: Dewey gives one to Bourne in an attempt to stall for time, and it works, as Bourne listens long enough for agents to save Dewey.
27	* CallBack: As with ''Ultimatum,'' [[spoiler:a CIA operative connected to the founding of Treadstone is killed via car bomb while an asset watches from nearby.]]
28	** As with ''Supremacy'' and especially ''Ultimatum'', [[spoiler:Heather Lee, a female CIA officer leading the hunt for Bourne, figures out something is fishy with her superiors and ends up on Bourne's side, much like Pamela Landy before her.]]
29	** The chase sequence in Athens culminating in [[spoiler:Nicky's death]] is very reminiscent of the [[spoiler:chase sequence at the start of ''Supremacy'' which culminated in Marie's death]].
30	* CarFu: The entire chase scene in the climax. Holy hell.
31	* ChaseScene: It wouldn't be a ''Bourne'' film without it. Jason gets chased and chases others on motorcycles, in a SWAT van, and more over the course of the movie.
32	* ChekhovsGun: Both Heather's gun stashed away at the start of the third act, and the recording device Jason picks up at the tech convention.
33	* CoDragons: The Asset serves as Dewey's chief agent, and CIA agent Craig Jeffers serves as Dewey's right-hand man.
34	* ContinuityNod:
35	** Bourne's back has two bullet wound scars, the ones he picked up in ''Identity'', plus his chest has one from ''Supremacy''. The lack of a fourth answers the lingering question of whether or not Vosen was able to shoot him at the end of ''Ultimatum.''
36	** Bourne's exposure of the Blackbriar program in ''Ultimatum'' is mentioned twice and is even a plot point [[spoiler:given that the Asset has a personal vendetta against Bourne because his cover was blown due to the latter's actions - though that's possibly a lie Dewey came up with to justify the Asset's desire to finish the job he started with Bourne's father, Richard Webb]].
37	** Being roughly a decade later from the earlier films, a list shows all Treadstone-offshoot programs that had been developed, including Blackbriar from ''Ultimatum'' and Outcome and Larx from ''Legacy''.
38	* CycleOfRevenge: [[spoiler:The conflict between Bourne and the Asset.]]
39	* DarkerAndEdgier: Surpassing the events of ''[[Film/TheBourneLegacy Legacy]]''. Even by the standards of the series, this film is the darkest of them all. Robert Dewey and the Asset are easily the most villainous characters of the series. Between the way they casually murder their own people, [[spoiler:the death of Bourne's most trusted ally,]] and the portrayal of institutionalized corruption in the American government and society, there are virtually no bright sides to the story. Of course, the kicker of it all is the last two scenes of the movie, where it's revealed that [[spoiler:Heather Lee is much less benevolent than Pamela Landy before her and is not an ally at all, just another power-hungry bureaucrat intending to use Bourne as her pawn and willing to kill him if he refuses, and that Bourne rightly distrusts her.]]
40	* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Creator/JuliaStiles as Nicky Parsons.]]
41	* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:After Dewey is killed by Heather, Bourne still spends ten minutes chasing down and then killing the Asset. Though considering [[YouKilledMyFather the man killed his father]], [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon this is very understandable]].]]
42	* DragonInChief: The Asset, to Dewey.
43	* DragonWithAnAgenda: The Asset personally wants Bourne because of his leak of Blackbriar.
44	* DramaPreservingHandicap: [[spoiler:Both the Asset and Bourne are suffering from gunshot wounds and just survived a car crash when they face off.]]
45	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Heather and the Asset have their own arcs alongside Bourne.
46	* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: It's elaborated on that David Webb wasn't just an Army captain, he was a part of [[UsefulNotes/TheModernDayRambo Delta Force.]]
47	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Jason's father started Treadstone, but when he found out Dewey intended to put his son into it, he tried to shut it down and expose it. This led to Dewey having the Asset kill him to keep it secret.]]
48	* FaceHeelTurn: Bourne's psyche profile suggests he could be convinced to return to the program if he were pushed to the breaking point. Dewey isn't convinced, though he tries during the final confrontation, while Heather puts more effort into it. [[spoiler:Dewey fails because he ordered the death of Bourne's father, and Heather fails because Bourne listened in on her conversation with Russell, which made it clear she was little better than Dewey.]]
49	* FalseFlagOperation: On a small scale, [[spoiler:Richard Webb's assassination]] was one. In addition to getting rid of a potential whistleblower, [[spoiler:his death, by being attributed to terrorists, served to motivate his son David to join Treadstone]].
50	* FightClubbing: What Bourne has been up to while in hiding.
51	* FireAlarmDistraction: At one point, the ever-resourceful Bourne floods a plaza with office workers by simultaneously setting off fire alarms in every building around the district.
52	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Bourne interrogates Malcolm Smith about [[spoiler:his father's death]], there's a clever bit of foreshadowing which approaches OneDialogueTwoConversations.
53	-->'''Bourne:''' Where is [my father's killer]?\
54	'''Dewey:''' He's almost there.\
55	''[A few moments later, [[spoiler:The Asset]] enters.]''
56	* FrontLineGeneral: PlayedWith with Dewey. He's a NonActionBigBad, but he is still the head of the CIA, and personally oversees Iron Hand and whatever current incarnation Treadstone/Blackbriar is in. Previous people who handled that, such as Abbot or Vosen, were deputy directors. Dewey's predecessor, Ezra Kramer, was simply TheManBehindTheMan.
57	* GreaterScopeVillain: Due to his role in [[spoiler:the death of Jason's father]], Dewey is indirectly responsible for the events of the entire film series.
58	* GovernmentConspiracy: Iron Hand, a plot by the CIA to build a backdoor into a popular social media platform, letting them [[SinisterSurveillance effortlessly observe and monitor everyone who uses it.]]
59	* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:At the end, Heather Lee, who had seemingly been acting like a BigGood for the CIA, makes her power play to become Director following Dewey's death. When Bourne leaves the recording device in her car, indicating he heard her statement to the Director of Intelligence that she'll kill him if she can't bring him in, it leaves it open ended as to whether she'll become a future antagonist or back off due to the threat.]]
60	* TheHeavy: The Asset.
61	* HeKnowsTooMuch:
62	** Dewey ordered [[spoiler:Jason's father]] killed when he tried to expose Treadstone, and later tries to have Jason killed as well.
63	** Dewey tries to assassinate Aaron Kalloor after Kalloor is spooked by the theft of the Iron Hand files, and tries to go public himself before his reputation is ruined.
64	* HeroStoleMyBike: Jason once again steals a random person's motorcycle during a chase scene. In this case, it belongs to a Greek police officer.
65	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Dewey clearly has no qualms resorting to brutal murder of allies who displease him or if it suits his purpose and many of his actions result in needless death, just like the terrorists he claims he is protecting the public from.
66	* HopeSpot: Just when it looks like Bourne and Nicky are going to escape together from Greece, [[spoiler:the Asset murders her.]]
67	* IdiotBall: Bourne has a massive moment with the ball when he corners Dewey in his suite. Dewey is alone and unarmed and Bourne has to know agents are on their way. Instead of shooting Dewey, he is foolish enough to listen. If it hadn't been for Heather, he would have been killed for his decision. Dewey himself lampshades this when Bourne doesn't immediately kill him, yet Bourne still allows it to happen.
68	** After realizing that she will be killed unless she goes underground, in ''The Bourne Ultimatum'', Nicky cut and dyed her hair to make herself harder to find. Come this installment, she has grown her hair back out and let it return to natural colors, which makes it ''very'' easy for the government to find her. [[spoiler:And she does get killed for it.]]
69	* ImprobableAge: Unless Creator/AliciaVikander's character is older than she is, the audience is being forced to believe that a 27-year-old could be the head of cyber-security in the CIA. [[spoiler: Her demands to Russell to be put in charge of the CIA at the end of the film highlight this.]]
70	* ImprobableWeaponUser: A long-standing tradition, at one point during his final confrontation [[spoiler:with The Asset, Bourne grabs a saucepan off the ground and fights with it.]]
71	** For his part, the Asset uses [[spoiler:what looks like a random piece of cord. And [[CarFu also a SWAT van]].]]
72	** Bourne also snaps the leg off a chair during his brief fight with Dassault
73	* InherentInTheSystem: The movie suggests that gaining power within the CIA is pretty much guaranteed to require already ruthless, morally bankrupt people; or to [[HazyFeelTurn possibly turn decent people into that]], [[spoiler:as evidenced with Lee at the end]].
74	* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Goes both ways with the Asset. The Asset supposedly hates Bourne because Bourne's outing of Blackbriar got him captured and tortured in Syria for two years before he was finally extracted. Bourne in turn [[spoiler:learns that it was the Asset who killed Bourne's father.]]
75	* IWasNeverHere: Or as Bourne says to Heather, "You were never here."
76	* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Bourne shoots Malcolm Smith in the leg when he refuses to talk about spying on him, then holds him off the edge of a building while threatening to shoot him in the head. Despite Dewey also threatening his family over an earpiece, Smith caves to Bourne's demands.
77	* JitterCam: It's a Paul Greengrass movie.
78	* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler:Heather helps Bourne take down Dewey (and finishes him off) so that she can then convince the Director of National Intelligence to give her his job.]]
79	* KnightOfCerebus:
80	** Dewey turns up the seriousness of the film, and while the Asset [[TheHeavy does most of the heavy lifting]], he is [[DragonInChief operating under Dewey's command]]. The fact that Dewey is responsible for the events of the series also turns up the seriousness.
81	** The Asset himself is a far more villainous than other henchmen Bourne took down in previous films; he cold-bloodedly murders multiple civilians and even ''CIA officers'' who stand in his way to do Dewey's dirty work.
82	* KnightTemplar: Dewey, oh boy. He is all too happy to brainwash someone into a ruthless assassin, against their will. When the person who started the program tries to blab, Dewey has him killed. When Jason Bourne returns, Dewey orders his execution and the execution of several of his agents just to get Bourne. When Bourne confronts him about it, he coldly brushes it off as "People are safer because of what you did", not having a care in the world.
83	* {{Leitmotif}}: The first few bars of "Extreme Ways" by Music/{{Moby}} are once again associated with Bourne.
84	* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: Technologies have subtly evolved since 2004. Being set in 2016, the film features recent smartphones with mobile apps, and a subplot involving a social media mogul.
85	* TheManBehindTheMan: Sort of. Russell is the Director of National Intelligence, essentially Dewey's boss, although not his manipulator. Dewey, on the other hand, is the real character of this.
86	* ManipulativeBastard:
87	** Dewey manages to manipulate the events of the film like a string.
88	** Implied with [[spoiler:Heather Lee, whose website interview and her turning on Dewey makes it seem like the CIA might finally be getting a principled higher-up, but at the end she makes her power play to seize control of the Agency and may ultimately be as bad as Dewey down the road.]]
89	* MandatoryUnretirement: Bourne, after spending years trying to not be in the intelligence game, gets talked into doing it again by Nicky Parsons.
90	* MolotovCocktail: Bourne throws one on the ground during a protest rally to force a CIA team trailing him to detour, which allows him to ambush them.
91	* MythologyGag:
92	** When Nicky is going over the hacked CIA files, [[Film/TheBourneLegacy Outcome and LARX]] are both listed.
93	** David Webb joining Treadstone because [[spoiler:he believed his father was killed by terrorists]] is similar to his backstory in the original novels where [[spoiler:the death of his wife and two children during the Vietnam War led him into the world of covert ops]].
94	** Furthermore, an Emerald Lake is shown among the CIA projects. In the original novels, Operation ''Silverlake'' was the predecessor to Treadstone.
95	* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers make it look like the CIA only become aware of Nicky working with Bourne again when they meet up in Greece. In the actual movie, they go after her expecting her to lead them to Bourne.
96	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Aaron Kalloor is a very clear Expy for [[Website/{{Facebook}} Mark Zuckerberg]].
97	* NoEndorHolocaust: Although ''Legacy'' touches on it somewhat, this film shows the fallout of Bourne and Landy exposing Blackbriar. Namely, many operatives had their cover blown and were compromised, including The Asset.
98	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The final battle between Bourne and the Asset is quite possibly the most brutal fight in the entire ''Bourne'' series.
99	* NoNameGiven: The assassin known only as "the Asset". Similarly, while Iron Hand refers to the not-active SinisterSurveillance plan for Deep Dream, whatever the current assassination program that the Asset is a part of is not named. All we're told is that it's not Blackbriar any more.
100	* NonActionBigBad: Dewey is in no physical shape to fight, usually having the Asset do his actions. That doesn't make him any less dangerous, and he constantly manages to stay a step ahead of Bourne.
101	* NoodleIncident:
102	** Nicky and Jason have apparently had several encounters in the 12 years since ''The Bourne Ultimatum.''
103	** Alongside [[MythologyGag Treadstone, Blackbriar, Iron Hand, Outcome and LARX]], three other black ops programs are listed in the files.
104	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Dewey may not be a physical threat, but he is the head of the CIA and this gives him a massive amount of men and money. He used this to have [[spoiler:Bourne's father killed]], and arranges for the death of several characters. He is also an expert smooth talker, capable of getting Jason to stand down, [[spoiler:and is the closest any villain in the series comes to killing Bourne]].
105	* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Aaron Kalloor tries to call off his deal with Dewey when he sees he's going further than he expected.
106	* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: This is the first Bourne film not using the MadLibThrillerTitle scheme ''The Bourne [X]''.
107	* OhCrap:
108	** "Jesus Christ, that's ''[[TheDreaded Jason Bourne]]''."
109	** Also, at the end where Lee finds out that [[spoiler:Bourne knows her little scheme all along]].
110	* OnceAnEpisode: {{Played with}}. [[spoiler:As with past films, there's still a car chase and a fight with another CIA assassin, but instead of the assassin fight being in the middle of the film, it's in the climax. And this time the assassin is chased by Bourne.]]
111	* OneHitKO: Bourne is shown knocking an opponent out in a single hit during an illegal fight.
112	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Bourne kills only when he absolutely must - more often than not he simply leaves the scene after incapacitating his pursuers. In this movie, however, he goes out of his way to hunt, chase, and [[spoiler:kill the Asset even after the main villain is dead]]. Considering the Asset is responsible for [[spoiler:the murders of his father and his friend]], not to mention the deaths of multiple civilian bystanders, he has a very good reason to seek revenge on the Asset.
113	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Creator/AliciaVikander's Swedish accent slips out frequently as she plays American Heather Lee.
114	* PayEvilUntoEvil: When the Asset corners Bourne and Smith on the roof, Bourne uses Smith as a bullet shield and then escapes. A hero who does that is either an Anti Hero or a SociopathicHero, except that Smith was monitoring a child and later participated in the murder of said child's father to drive him into a very illegal program, and likely did this to other children. Either way, no one is really too upset at Bourne's stunt with him.
115	* PermaStubble: Before being recruited by Parsons, Jason can be seen with a constant five-o'clock shadow on his face.
116	* PerpetualFrowner: Heather Lee spends the entire film wearing what can best be described as an intense scowl. She keeps the same expression even when apologising to Dewey for going over his head or ''booking into a hotel''.
117	* PoliceAreUseless: While the police have been depicted as obstacles to Bourne in the previous movies, it was more because Bourne is a fugitive hiding from the CIA. In this movie, Bourne is able to go from Athens to Berlin, and it becomes obvious he did not fly, and he is on Interpol, so the police on all those countries dropped it. Then he is somehow able to get from Berlin to London and no one discovered his identity. While the border security in the U.S. were ordered by Lee to stand down and let him in, the guards first reaction when Bourne shoots at the Asset is to chase Bourne, even though he stopped the assassination. During the chase scene, they still primarily go after Bourne, even though the Asset is killing civilians with their own SWAT van.
118	* ReusableLighterToss: Nicky tosses a Zippo on some stuff to burn it all up.
119	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Bourne discovers the true reason why he volunteered to join Treadstone in the first place: his father was killed in a car bomb, [[FalseFlagOperation staged as an attack by terrorists]]]]. Which leads to another reveal, that [[spoiler:Bourne's father was the founder of Treadstone, and he was killed because he was going to shut it down]].
120	-->'''Bourne:''' [[spoiler:I volunteered because I thought our enemies killed him. I volunteered because of a lie!]]
121	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film features contemporary events such as the European financial crisis (through the anti-austerity demonstrations in Greece) and much of its plot is inspired by the Edward Snowden leaks regarding illegal government surveillance.
122	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Heather sides with Jason when she realizes just how amoral Dewey is, especially when he tries to have her killed. [[spoiler:Though she had her own agenda the whole time]].
123	* SequelEscalation: Matt Damon considers this ''Bourne'' movie to be even bigger than the first four ''Bourne'' movies.
124	* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Even though Dewey is dead, Heather is set to replace him, and Iron Hand is still viable. Also, Bourne is now in D.C.--or at least for the time being until he pops up somewhere else]].
125	* SpoilerCover: The film's release poster gives away the fact that [[spoiler:Heather Lee ends up on Bourne's side]].
126	* TheStoic: Bourne is very stoic throughout the movie [[spoiler:except when interrogating a man about his father and, very briefly, when Nicky dies right in front of him]].
127	* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Nicky Parsons bites the bullet during the chase in Greece, courtesy of the Asset.]]
128	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
129	** Bourne and Nicky fail to escape the Asset's ambush in Athens because the CIA knows what route they're going to take. Badass as they are, they're still fighting the entire might of the U.S. government, and for once in the series, they actually had prep time.
130	** Bourne is noticeably slower in this film, due to his age and the injuries he's taken as an underground fighter.
131	** You know what happens when a murderous assassin such as the Asset takes control of an armoured SWAT truck? Bystanders die. Even Bourne is unable to put a stop to his driving rampage.
132	** [[Film/TheBourneUltimatum Bourne's exposing of Blackbriar]] results in operatives having their cover blown, which was what happened to the Asset in the past.
133	--->'''Dewey:''' The last time Bourne came back he exposed the Blackbriar program. It compromised active operations. The asset was in Syria, under cover. He was captured, tortured. And took two damn years to get him out.
134	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: DCI Robert Dewey for [[Film/TheBourneUltimatum Ezra Kramer]]. It falls into RememberTheNewGuy when characters seem to imply that Dewey was present and active during the events of the previous films, even though we've never heard of or seen him.
135	* {{Tagline}}: "You Know His Name."
136	* TheyStillBelongToUsLecture: Though Heather originally suggests the idea, it's Dewey who makes this speech in the Las Vegas hotel room, saying that [[BecomingTheMask he will always be Bourne and not Webb]].
137	* TimeSkip: Relatively speaking, as both ''Film/TheBourneUltimatum'' and ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'' were set [[ImmediateSequel concurrently]] with ''Film/TheBourneSupremacy''. It's less that there is a TimeSkip and more that the timeline is advanced to match the present day.
138	* TheUnfettered:
139	** Dewey most certainly. He has zero problems in ordering people who don't agree with him murdered. When Bourne demands to know why, he states "People are safer because of what you did," indicating he has no remorse for his illegal actions.
140	** The Asset cold-bloodedly kills ''everyone'', literally ''everyone'' who stands in his path to do Dewey's dirty bidding.
141	* WellIntentionedExtremist: As ambitious [[spoiler:as Heather can be and despite how much she just wants to keep advancing, she]] legit believes that doing so will help "make a difference".
142	* WhamShot: In Bourne's flashbacks, during the [[spoiler:car-bombing of his father]], Bourne sees a black car depart with the driver's face blurred, hinting at the real perpetrator of the incident. [[OnceMoreWithClarity But when the scene is repeated later on]], with Bourne remembering more of this moment, the driver's face in the flashback clarifies to reveal [[spoiler:the Asset]].
143	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The plot points of ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'' are not directly followed upon in this film, and most notably nothing is said about the fates of Pamela Landy, Noah Vosen, and Ezra Kramer. Granted, there's a 12 years TimeSkip between the events of this film and those of ''Ultimatum'' and ''Legacy'', meaning a lot might have happened with zero relevance regarding the 2016 film's plot. The film does note that there are additional Treadstone-inspired assassination programs that continued after Bourne exposed Blackbriar, with "Outcome" and "Larx" (post Blackbriar programs brought up in ''Legacy'') included in the list Nicky Parsons hacks at the beginning.
144	* WorfHadTheFlu: The only reason the Asset lasts as long as he does in his ultimate fight with Bourne is that Bourne has gotten shot a few scenes back. If you look at it closely, most of the scene consists of Bourne overwhelming the Asset big time.
145	* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:The Asset killed Bourne's father, on orders from Dewey.]]
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