Review of The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Ultimatum is the sequel to The Bourne Supremacy and the third film of the Bourne Trilogy. Starring Matt Damon as the amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne, this was to be the last of the Bourne films. I hope not because Jason Bourne KICK ASS!
The movie starts immediately following the car chase at the end of the second film, the wounded Bourne suffered a flashback while evading the Moscow police. What follows is a thrillride where Bourne track down leads on who he truly is. In the midst of his quest, he crossed Blackbriar, the renamed, upgraded Treadstone. He also had unexpected help from Deputy Director Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) & Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles), who find themselves helping Bourne for reasons that were never made clear to the viewers. This is especially true for Nicky Parsons. I find it amazing that she was the only character outside Bourne that lasted all 3 movies. Only hints of her reasons were made known (fourth movie plot!).
In the end, Bourne remembered everything but the best thing about this movie was not the story but the action. The car chases in this movie can't match the chase in the first one, you know the one in Paris, but the action was brutal. Bourne has a fight in Tangiers with another CIA assassin named Desh. Bourne eventually strangled Desh with a towel after a brutal, thrilling hand-to-hand fight that's was one of the best I've ever seem on film. Look out for that one, it's worth the price of admission alone.
If you haven't watch it, then get off your ass and do so now. Like the previous Bourne films, The Bourne Ultimatum is a thoughtful action movie that never tried to dumb itself down for bigger box-office. For that reason alone, Jason Bourne deserved another film.
The movie starts immediately following the car chase at the end of the second film, the wounded Bourne suffered a flashback while evading the Moscow police. What follows is a thrillride where Bourne track down leads on who he truly is. In the midst of his quest, he crossed Blackbriar, the renamed, upgraded Treadstone. He also had unexpected help from Deputy Director Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) & Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles), who find themselves helping Bourne for reasons that were never made clear to the viewers. This is especially true for Nicky Parsons. I find it amazing that she was the only character outside Bourne that lasted all 3 movies. Only hints of her reasons were made known (fourth movie plot!).
In the end, Bourne remembered everything but the best thing about this movie was not the story but the action. The car chases in this movie can't match the chase in the first one, you know the one in Paris, but the action was brutal. Bourne has a fight in Tangiers with another CIA assassin named Desh. Bourne eventually strangled Desh with a towel after a brutal, thrilling hand-to-hand fight that's was one of the best I've ever seem on film. Look out for that one, it's worth the price of admission alone.
If you haven't watch it, then get off your ass and do so now. Like the previous Bourne films, The Bourne Ultimatum is a thoughtful action movie that never tried to dumb itself down for bigger box-office. For that reason alone, Jason Bourne deserved another film.
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