Question: With all the cars Jason Bourne crashed in and kept going, why haven't the airbags gone off?
raywest
29th Jun 2020
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
4th Jan 2020
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Question: How did Jason Bourne get his amnesia?
Answer: Bourne was supposed to assassinate a man aboard a yacht. Because the man was with his family, Bourne found he was unable to carry out his mission. An unknown shooter then shot him twice in the back, causing him to fall into the sea. The trauma triggered amnesia to where he completely lost his identity. As part of Bourne's CIA assassination training, he had been tortured and undergone extreme mental conditioning to breakdown and remake his personality. This may have had been why his dissociative amnesia was so extreme and long-term.
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Answer: This would have been an artistic choice by the filmmakers. Having airbags continually going off each time would have slowed the scene's action and pacing, lessening its dramatic impact. It's not realistic, but it's a movie, and it comes down to what makes for a more exciting story.
raywest ★