Greengrass brings his documentarian's eye and handheld camera to give authenticity to chase scenes that are as exciting as anything John Frankenheimer or William Friedkin ever made.
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08/03/07
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
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Reviews Counted:223
Fresh:208
Rotten:15
Average Rating:7.9/10
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
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Matt Damon gets his Bourne on again in this relentlessly smart and thrilling action masterpiece.
08/03/07
The action starts almost from the opening frame, with a rare breath of air in its lean 111 minutes for audiences to hit the restrooms without missing a good part.
08/03/07
In many ways, it's no less stylish and no more substantive than Transformers. The only difference is that it assumes the audience is clever enough to keep up with it.
08/03/07
Jason Bourne, like the action-thriller movie franchise he fronts, has grown weary of the chase.
08/03/07
It's a pure-hearted action-packed frenetic chase film from reel to reel.
08/03/07
Greengrass gives audiences a contact high from his visual flair alone and proves that he's one of the more interesting and entertaining directors working today, no matter what the genre.
08/03/07
Jason Bourne is a no-nonsense, calculating, thinking man's action hero and Matt Damon was born to play this part.
08/03/07
It's the rare action picture whose adrenaline-driven thrills neither overshadow the characters nor degenerate into cartoonish preposterousness.
08/03/07
While Ultimatum may be the lesser of the three Jason Bourne movies, it is only so because the bar set by its predecessors was so uncommonly high.
08/03/07
Ultimatum tries to stir sympathy for its indestructible hero. But Jason Bourne has all the charm of a howitzer. He needs some time with the Harry Potter bunch.
08/03/07
Tense yet invigorating, The Bourne Ultimatum presents a terrific argument for the nonstop-action summer movie. Even those rare moments when it slows down offer more excitement than other films' full-bore action scenes.
08/03/07
Director Paul Greengrass depicts this constant hustle and bustle with great urgency, and the movie has such a caffeine-frenzy feel to it that it's possible not to notice that the plot has as many holes as Bourne's amnesia-stricken memory.
08/03/07
"The Bourne Ultimatum" might have brought this saga to a classy and gratifying conclusion. It's hard to imagine how any further sequel could improve upon it.
08/03/07
The action never flags, but the story and the characters are shallow. This is glossy entertainment and nothing more.
08/03/07
A minor miracle in a summer full of weak, perfunctory or downright lousy 'threequels'. It's a relentless finale to the Bourne movie trilogy that raises the stakes, pumps up the action and develops old characters while introducing new villains.
08/03/07
Bursts with so much amped-up energy, you may need to rest once it's finally done.
08/03/07
If you do go to see this thinly scripted and very repetitive action film, bring your seasickness pills [because of the heavy use of the "shakycam"].
08/03/07
Jason Bourne may or may not return, but it's hard to imagine another Bourne movie ever topping this one.
08/03/07
The Bourne Ultimatum slips into high gear practically with its first shot, and after that you’re hooked.
08/03/07
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