Jason Bourne is a Bad Ass with Heart

Jason Bourne is a bad ass. The Bourne Ultimatum travels into the places of your heart you never thought existed while watching action movies. And somehow through all the amazing fight sequences and chase scenes the film is able to dig into some pretty universal stuff, that all of us go to the movies to find out more about, through story.

"Who am I?" This is one of life's fundamental questions. Where do I come from? What makes me who I am? And this is Jason Bourne's biggest question. He wants to learn what this is and to make things right, because something has gone terribly wrong.

I am blown away how this movie parallels our own lives. I heard a statement on the radio today about highschoolers being concerned about what they are alowed to wear, because this expresses who they are...and this must be known. It seems we are all wanting to know where we come from as does Bourne.

And he suffers. Constant hand to hand combat and injury as he quests to find his true identity; his true humanity. This some how seems afwully similar to Job of the Bible. Job is also figuring out who he is...and he suffers. We suffer, too. Not all days are feasting or days spent on the mediteranean, where we left Brourne in the first installment of the Trilogy, with the woman he loves, filled with joy, and peace, before she was murdered.

Job, doesn't find out who he really is until he is faced with his creator. Once his creator speaks, reality is suddenly revealed and his life comes into focus with a great perspective. His identity has beend uncovered. Job's ultimatum: I am not my creator and I am obedient to him because of who he is.

Bourne's ultimatum comes when he is nearly trapped at the end of the movie and he is facing the man who has been trying to kill him. "Look at us," he tells him. "Do you even know why you are killing me?" Bourne previously did not kill the other shooter and the shooter then asks, "Why didn't you kill me?"

I am human.
While I made the decision to start doing what I've done there were some evil external forces at work.
I forgive.
I am starting over.

I believe this is also the path Jesus invites us into. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news." And the good news is finding out who we are, confronting the evil that has been at work against us and in us, and beginning again anew...just like Jason Bourne...don't you want to be a bad ass?