The second chapter in the Bourne Trilogy, based on Robert Ludlums best-selling espionage novels, reaches the screen in this sequel to the 2002 hriller The Bourne Identity. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been traveling beneath the agencys radar, eventually reconnecting with Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), the woman he loves. But Bourne is haunted by vivid dreams and troubling memories of his days as a killer, and hes not certain how much really happened and how much is a product of his imagination. When Bourne is led out of hiding by circumstances beyond his control, he must reconcile his past and present as he struggles to keep Marie out of harms way and foil an international incident with dangerous consequences. The Bourne Supremacy also features Joan Allen as one of Bournes superiors, while Julia Stiles and Brian Cox reprise their roles as intelligence agents from the first film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide