Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Matrix trained its cast for four months and shot every move so you could see it. Five years later The Bourne Supremacy shot a car fight nobody could follow, and every studio in Hollywood copied it.

This is part two. The 90s built three things: the wide frame, the trained body, and the cut that served the move. The 2000s took all three apart, called it a style, and we have been living with it ever since.

Shaky cam. Cutting rates climbing year on year. Stunt doubles swapped for CGI. Bond rebuilt from the ground up to chase Bourne. Hong Kong's best fighters flown into Hollywood and shot badly. And what all of it actually cost the action scene.

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