Bourne has gone the distance for three straight films… seals the achievement of a rare action franchise for thinking adults, combining gripping entertainment with an undercurrent of moral seriousness.
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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
141 - 160 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
There's something unusual about Matt Damon's spy thrillers built around the exploits of the amnesia-addled Jason Bourne: Each film in the series has actually been better than its predecessor...
08/03/07
This is a chase film, pushed to the fragmented limits of abstraction, that rattles and jolts and explodes like an intricately designed drum solo.
08/03/07
For 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 CriticThis is a film about momentum, gravity, trajectory. It's a physics lesson wrapped up in an espionage thriller, and when director Greengrass yells 'Action!' he means it.
08/03/07
After a summer-movie season full of bloated running times, pointless explosions and convoluted plots, Jason Bourne has arrived to save the day.
08/03/07
It's The Manchurian Candidate, but Raymond Shaw has hypnotized himself and the evil government looking to overthrow life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness is ours.
08/02/07
Jason Bourne is reborn in Bourne Ultimatum and it proves that sometimes the third time is a charm.
08/02/07
More fully develops the strain that was glossed over in the previous movie, i.e. the exploration of morality.
08/02/07
The Bourne Ultimatum is the decisive capper on one of the rare series that will surely get better with time even as we hope to one day look upon its own themes with relic status.
08/02/07
Damon 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 CriticPaul Greengrass does it again! ...lots of action, good-looking people, despicable bad guys, and intensity that never lets up,...
08/02/07
The Bourne movies continue to defy all the rules of sequel logic, each somehow surpassing its predecessor despite being essentially the same movie, with many recurring characters, plots and settings.
08/02/07
Here's hoping Damon is Bourne again.
08/02/07
It's all too easy to see that the filmmakers and Damon are coasting when they could be soaring.
08/02/07
An action-thriller that doesn't understand the meaning of pause. Pause has cooties as far as this production is concerned.
08/02/07
A skillfully executed work stripped of drama but saturated in tension.
08/02/07
From a purely visceral standpoint, The Bourne Ultimatum may be the clincher for fans who want a literal two-hour chase film.
08/02/07
Ultimatum is as lean, efficient, and ruthless as Bourne himself.
08/02/07
The Bourne Ultimatum hits the ground running -- quite literally. The film begins with an exciting foot-chase scene and doesn't let up.
08/02/07
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