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My only criticism.

posted 3 years ago by Quasimodo (16388)
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Was that the film seemed to end rather abruptly after Conklin's death. After that we briefly see Abbot putting Treadstone to bed in a budget meeting and then there was the happy ending with Bourne and Marie. Just a little bit jarring.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

There was planned a bigger finale than the conversation with Conklin. It involved an exploding gas station I think.

[–] BourbonKing (5639) 3 years ago

What happened to the Treadstone assassin who murdered Conklin? He wasn't in the sequel and the sequel made a point that Bourne was squaring things up with all things Treadstone.

[–] haberdasherer (88) 3 years ago

My suspicion is that the Marton Csokas character from Supremacy was originally planned to be that guy.

[–] Sidha108 (2365) 3 years ago

The DVD includes a deleted scene in which Abbot meets with Bourne after Conklin’s death that adds a little bit more of a denouement in the end, but if it were in the final cut of the film would have changed the character dynamics between Abbot and Bourne in the sequel.