The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 Directed by Paul Greengrass
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Remember everything. Forgive nothing.
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
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I thought that if I watched this again while jumping up and down, doing cartwheels and somersaults it might counterbalance the unbelievably annoying shaky cam.
It didn't.
It gave me an even worse headache than the first time I watched it.
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And with that I'm caught up on my Jason Bourne. So how did Ultimatum fare?
A little better than Supremacy, but I still think Identity is the tightest of the trilogy. I feel I might have had stronger feelings for Ultimatum if I had seen it in theaters. Too late for that.
But maybe not. I mean, the problems I had here would still exist. I still don't care as much about Jason Bourne as I should. Here they make him just a little bit more relatable, but he's still too distant with his "I'm a trained killing machine" shtick. I mean. throw the guy a big character moment. Make him do something that makes him unique. Make me remember…
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Listen, people - do you have any idea who you're dealing with? This is Jason Bourne. You are nine hours behind the toughest target you have ever tracked. Now I want everyone to sit down, strap in, and turn on all you've got. That would mean now.
It's fast, slick and contains some of the best action sequences seen in the movies, the car chase is worth the watch alone, as is the cat and mouse chase through Moroccan side streets
This has to still be a bond killer movie, great dialogue and one of the only trilogies that actually get better as they go on
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Somehow Paul Greengrass' second go at the Bourne franchise manages to overcome the problems I had with Supremacy, with all the short cuts and shakycam and instead use them to in fact strengthen the film as a whole. The same techniques are still used. At least I think so, but not in any way as annoying. Like I said, it seems to fit the film, making it perhaps one of the strongest contenders for the action flick of the decade.
This film does not drag one bit. I think it is necessary to watch Supremacy first, because this starts out where the latter ended - in Moscow. It's high-octane all the way from there through London, Madrid, Tangiers before it…
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Best of the series yet. Bourne kicks twice as much as ass than he did in the last two films combined. Sucks that he'll be kicking no ass in the sequel.
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Paul Greengrass returns to bring Bourne home in what comes close to being a perfect spy film. Those paying attention will note the cleverly overlapping timeframes between this film and its predecessor. Supremacy’s final, somewhat revelatory scene is replayed here 80 minutes in, following action across Moscow, London, Madrid and Tangier, and sets up a finale in the streets of New York. David Strathairn and Albert Finney bring a gravitas lacking in the second episode, and while the outcome might raise more questions than it answers with respect to Bourne’s motivation, it’s brim-full enough of exotic POV chases, crunching collisions and Charles U. Farley moments to provide an endlessly satisfying conclusion to Operation Treadstone.
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El mismo nivel de calidad que la segunda y una buena "despedida" y "cierre" para el personaje.
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Grandioser Abschluss der Trilogie. Die Story wird intelligent und spannend weitererzählt. Dazu kommen exzellente Action Setpieces. Eine super Trilogie, die man immer wieder schauen kann.
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If the Bourne Ultimatum was just a single film, it would rate higher. But as the third in the series, it loses a little something, because all three of these movies are essentially the same film just rehashed again and again. They just add a new main villain, plug in a different "asset" for him to have his climactic one-on-one hand-to-hand combat with, and give it a new title.
Is the movie exciting? Affirmative. Great performances from a stellar cast? Definitely. Is the story interesting? Yes. ...BUT... the three movies could easily have been condensed to one film. Each of the Bourne films is essentially a two-hour chase scene... which CAN work as a movie. Think of The Fugitive. GREAT…
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Great end to the Jason Bourne era. Or is he done..
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A fine conclusion to Bourne's story, I still need to watch the Hawkeye edition.
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Dinámica, nueva e interesante, la saga Bourne fue para el thriller lo que Matrix al cine de acción: una nueva vida y unos nuevos valores estéticos.
Se habla muy poco del trabajo de Dan Bradley y la segunda unidad verdaderos padres de las emocionantes set-pieces de la saga. Si tienen la oportunidad, háganse con la edición especial de la trilogía llena de extras que son una lección de cine de acción en estado puro.
Brillante banda sonora de John Powell.
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Somehow Paul Greengrass' second go at the Bourne franchise manages to overcome the problems I had with Supremacy, with all the short cuts and shakycam and instead use them to in fact strengthen the film as a whole. The same techniques are still used. At least I think so, but not in any way as annoying. Like I said, it seems to fit the film, making it perhaps one of the strongest contenders for the action flick of the decade.
This film does not drag one bit. I think it is necessary to watch Supremacy first, because this starts out where the latter ended - in Moscow. It's high-octane all the way from there through London, Madrid, Tangiers before it…
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Actually a really good movie.
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Holy fuck.
And I dont usually curse.