Moreover, Conklin in the books, while playing a similar role as Bourne's Treadstone handler, was a far more sympathetic character who, in the second and third books becomes a close friend and ally of Bourne's, whereas in the film he's portrayed as nothing more than another amoral CIA bureaucrat. In the films on the other hand, he actually was an assassin for the CIA. In the books, Bourne was not really an assassin, but a deep-cover CIA operative posing as one to bring down an assassin. Adaptational Villainy: On multiple levels.Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: Several, including the dialogue with Professor in Identity, Bourne's apology to Irena Neski in Supremacy, and the conversation (rather monologue) with Nicky in Ultimatum.This series as a whole provides examples of: The Bourne Stuntacular (2020) note A live stunt show at Universal Studios Florida, featuring Julia Stiles reprising her role as Nicky Parsons.

The Bourne Conspiracy (2008) note A video game that loosely adapts the first film.

There are also two major spin-offs based on the film continuity: Treadstone (2019) note A prequel TV series that shares continuity with all of the above movies, which had aired for one 10-episode season on the USA Network before it was cancelled.The following films (and television show) are part of this series: Examples include the gritty direction of the rebooted James Bond franchise for a time (most noticeably in Quantum of Solace) and the Taken films. The success of the first three films helped influence the style of many modern action films. Each movie follows a slightly different story but retains some basic elements of Bourne eluding government custody, killing a fellow assassin with some household implement and going for an innovative and harrowing car chase, and features variations on Moby's 'Extreme Ways' as the end theme. The main protagonist is Jason Bourne, an amnesiac who finds himself with super-assassin skills and has to stay on the run from former employers and whoever else wants to kill him or manipulate him to evil ends. This series revolutionized the Spy Fiction movie genre for its simplicity and glamourless grittiness (as opposed to the Tuxedo and Martini style), as well as for having a smart protagonist, globetrotting (with virtually zero California Doubling), well-crafted suspense and aggressive action sequences, hand-to-hand combat and car chases especially. A series of action films tenuously ( pretty tenuously) based on the Robert Ludlum books of the same name and (with one exception) starring Matt Damon.

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