Student Ink Spring 2013 | Page 73

While watching the movies for both of these secretive figures, a deciding point is their shady backgrounds and predicaments. In James Bond ' s early life his parents were killed by an unknown man and later he joined the military at age 18. Soon after he was drafted by MI6 and started his 00 work right away. On the other hand, Jason Bourne had a loving family and also went into the military. He joined a banned organization called Treadstone. Treadstone was hired to kill threats to the U. S but it went haywire. Bourne couldn’ t bring himself to kill a man named Wombosi who was with his family on a cruise. Afterwards, since he failed the mission, he was shot in the back and fell into the ocean, losing his memory. Both men have suffered terrible injuries but which one endured more? In the latest 007 movie, James suffered a bullet to the shoulder from an Olympic Arms K23B sniper rifle which causes Bond to fall off a moving train into a lagoon, while Mr. Bourne gets shot in the leg by a russian assassin by the name of Kirril, who then chases Bourne down by car. Jason endures the pain and disinfects it with Vodka. This skill goes to Jason, given that he lost his memory and still got abused.
While Injuries and important events impact both of these men, the deciding point is how they use their fists and their triggers. 007’ s most pronounced gun is the“ Walther PPK / S” which fires bullets at the range of 60 meters and can equip a silencer, which differs from Bourne’ s gun, the“ SIG Pro SP2009.” This gun fires at the range of 50 meters. Although Mr. Bond uses his gun to take out much more people and is more trained with firearms, Jason uses his extreme martial arts skills to get things done swiftly and easily. Jason Bourne uses“ Filipino Kali” which uses useful things around you, as in“ The Bourne Identity” when Jason disables Danny Zorn( treadstone assassin) with a pen as he gets pinned to an office desk. It also includes kicks, punches, locks, headbutts, finger strikes and much more. On the other hand, Bond uses Krav Maga, a fighting style used in the military. This style uses boxing muai-tai, jiu-jitsu, wrestling and more harsh techniques. He uses this technique since he joined the military and that style is what they teach. Both fighters use both techniques well but in both of their jobs they rely on guns more, and Bond’ s shooting precision is uncanny.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bond squeezes his body down the damp, dark alley as his target whips around a bend. Charging through an opening, he lifts his pocket pistol, the scope on the man’ s head. Fire.