Movie Review: The Bourne Ultimatum


Matt Damon, again.

Well, as the final episode in the story of Jason Bourne, this installment does not fail to please! Lots of action, as we've come to expect from a story about a government-trained assassin. Lots of government double-crossing, to which the American people have become inured. Lots of locales. Some of them seem superfluous, and, indeed, during the ending credits (which I happened to see first since I got to the theatre so early), my friends and I made jokes about how the producers and directors just wanted excuses to go to these other countries. Russia is 10 minutes. France is about the same. Production in foreign countries was... extravagant. But, it looked good!

On the negative side, there is a lot of close, handheld camera work that is, sometimes, disturbingly shaky. There is less movement in Jason Bourne's super magnifying monoscope.

That's about all the negatives. There is some confusion due to Bourne's flashbacks, which he did not have in the earlier movies. Granted, those flashbacks are needed in this movie to keep the story going, but it seems that they should have been happening all along, throughout the series.

The bottom line? I give this movie 8mm out of 9mm. If for no other reason than to see Bourne outthink the government by purchasing pre-pay cell phones!

Posted: Tue - August 14, 2007 at 07:05 AM          

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