The James Bond franchise borrowed a lot from Jason Bourne throughout the Daniel Craig era, but there are a few things that the earlier spy series could not replicate from Bourne’s story. Jason Bourne may be one of the most influential characters in post-9/11 blockbuster cinema. As one of the first action movie antiheroes to fuse angst-ridden trauma with lethal fist-fighting skills, Jason Bourne was a new breed of antihero when he arrived in cinemas for the first time. Understandably paranoid, troubled, and slow to offer a witty quip, Bourne was a more grounded sort of hero who was perfect for the darker sort of blockbuster that dominated the ‘00s cinematic landscape.
