In The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne will conclude his journey to find the answers to his mysterious past. While the answers yielded may not be enough for even the simplest of viewers, the action sequences are sure to keep you glued to the big screen. During one car chase sequence I found myself literally on the edge of my seat grasping the armrests. Paul Greengrass creates some amazing artfully shot intense action sequences of the likes that have never been seen before. Julia Stiles has her most interesting turn yet. Greengrass shot New York City like he has with the foreign countries in the rest of the series. This is a New York City you have never seen before on film.
Some people may feel that the ending is too neatly wrapped up, especially for a film series which is identified for it’s misanthropic realism. I was angered that Universal had spoiled so much of the movie in the movie trailer and poster advertising. The United States portion of the film is just the third act of this film, and that great “office” moment shown in the trailers is very close to the film’s finale.
/Film Rating: 7.5 out of 10
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:07 am
Peter, do you ever NOT give a movie a 7 or 7.5 if you liked it but it wasn’t “amazing”?? I’ve only EVER seen you give 7 and 7.5s… EVER!! C’mon, you’re rating system is worse than mine are you kidding me?!
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 am
I think I might have given out an 8.0 rating once.
Seriously though, I gave out more than a few 8.0+ ratings in the past year, and even one or two 9.0’s.
9.5 and 10.0 are reserved for the best films of all time, none of which were released in the last 12 months.
Hey, at least I didn’t give Texas Chainsaw: The begining an 9.5/10 :)
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Just saw this and it was good not the best of the series but good none the less. Though the car chase left something to be desired, like length. As for wrapping it up neatly. Endings are always the hardest. The you will be known as Jason Bourne from now on was a little too Star Warsish if you know what I mean. Taken as a whole this was a great series of films. And you really do have to consider them as a whole considering this starts right off at the end of the second.