'Bourne' sequel tops new DVDs

A spy sequel and some sci-fi choices top this week's new DVD releases.

• "The Bourne Supremacy" (Universal, 2004, PG-13, $29.98). Matt Damon returns as spy/assassin Jason Bourne in this predictable but exciting sequel to the first film (a remake of a TV miniseries and based on the Robert Ludlum book series). This time he's forced out of retirement because he's been framed for murder.

Damon is great and there's action galore, but it would be nice if modern filmmakers would learn how to hold the camera still. There is so much headache-inducing shaky-cam work here that it's a major distraction and more than a little annoying.

Extras: Separate widescreen and full-frame editions, deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, language options (English, Spanish, French), subtitle options (English, Spanish, French), chapters.

• "Ultimate Matrix Collection" (Warner, 1999-2003; R for violence, sex, language; $79.92, 10 discs). With this set, we're checking into the Overkill Hotel. While I enjoyed the first "Matrix" film for the eye-candy it was, the second two left me rather cold.

With that confession going in, I had a hard time wading through much of the muddle that makes up all the extras here, which include a lot of previously released (even the nine "Animatrix" animated shorts are here), as well as a whole lotta new stuff.

There are philosophical musings galore, observations about the "Matrix" phenomenon, backstage footage that has not been included in previous special editions and much, much more. Clearly, this is for the obsessive "Matrix" completist, whoever that may be.

And if this isn't enough, the 10 discs are also available in a "Limited Edition Collector's Set," which includes a display case with a bust of Neo (the Keanu Reeves character, as if you didn't know), and an 80-page book for $129.92.

Extras: Widescreen, three "Matrix" features, written introductions (by the Wachowski brothers), audio commentaries (by philosophers, critics), making-of featurettes, storyboards, music videos, trailers, DVD-Rom applications, language options (English, French), subtitle options (English, French, Spanish), chapters.

• "Star Trek Voyager: The Complete Sixth Season" (Paramount, 1999-2000, not rated, $129.99, seven discs). The penultimate season of "Voyager" has the primary cast members doing a lot of soul searching — Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) gets in touch with her inner Borg, B'Elanna (Roxann Biggs-Dawson) gets in touch with her inner Klingon, etc.