Despite all the globe-trotting, the on location shooting combined with the gritty street-level acrobatics lend a palpable sense of reality and suspense.
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:37
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: The Bourne Ultimatum is an intelligent, finely tuned non-stop thrill ride. Another strong performance from Matt Damon and sharp camerawork from Paul Greengrass make this the finest installment of the Bourne trilogy.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $227,137,090
Synopsis: The government's most wanted amnesiac super-spy returns in this thrilling third installment in the Jason Bourne franchise. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM picks up where the THE BOURNE SUPREMACY left off,... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez
Director: Paul Greengrass
Reviews for The Bourne Ultimatum
1 - 14 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticAs good as the first two films were, as well as they redefined the action espionage thriller, the third film falls victim to its own innovation.
08/31/07
Top CriticA multi-layered, multi-national thriller that delivers on every count, including raising issues of morality, which are at the heart of the film
08/25/07
Top CriticOur hero is the ferocious but amnesiac CIA tough guy Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon, the contours of whose rock-hard pecs are traced by his drum-tight T-shirt. It's the role that turned this moon-faced boy into a man.
08/17/07
Top CriticThere is nothing cheap about the bone-shattering beauty of his car smashes, or the pitch-perfect symphonies of shattering glass.
08/17/07
Top CriticThe payoff Bourne fans have been waiting for.
08/06/07
Top CriticUltimatum is a tribute to Bourne's determination, his driving skills, his intelligence in out-thinking his masters and especially his good luck.
08/03/07
Top CriticFor Jason Bourne, who rises and rises again in this fantastically kinetic, propulsive film, resurrection is the name of the game, just as it is for franchises.
08/03/07
Top CriticDamon lends an air of conscious integrity to the part, a quality of reflective introspection that acts as an amazingly effective ballast against the complete implausibility of his continued survival.
08/02/07
Top CriticHis [Greengrass'] masterful direction of The Bourne Ultimatum makes this third installment unequivocally the summer's best 'threequel.' It also is easily the best action thriller of the year.
08/02/07
Top CriticIt's frenetic to the point of crazy while achieving a mark that barely exceeds mediocre.
08/02/07
Top CriticMatt Damon’s terrific in this movie.
07/31/07
Top CriticThe material is formulaic, but, of all the current action franchises, this one is the most enjoyable.
07/30/07
Top CriticThe third and purportedly final installment in the mountingly exciting series is a pounding, pulsating thriller that provides an almost constant adrenaline surge for nearly two hours.
07/24/07
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