The Bourne Ultimatum (Widescreen Edition)

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Another Bourne Title , 2009-01-07
All of the Bourne movies and books are thrilling, captivating and enthralling. The suspense is constant and the action unending. You will not be bored watching these complex and entertaining tales ravel and unravel themselves for a climactic ending.

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"This is where it started for me. This is where it ends.", 2009-01-06
Bourne is seen on the run... A standing kill order has been issued on him effective immediately... All air and ground border exists locked down... Jason is dangerous... He comes back for revenge... He's still an alarming threat until proved otherwise... His girl, Marie Kreutz was shot... Director of Operations Ward Abbott arranged it... Bourne's last confirmed location was Moscow... But the reason Bourne went to Moscow was to see the daughter of his first target... He is retracing his steps... He's looking for something in his past... He knows that something happened to him and he needs to know what it was or he will never be free of this... br / br /He could see the faces of everyone he ever killed... His girlfriend used to try to help him remember their names... Nicolette (Julia Stiles) told him that the Supervising Training Officer, Neil Daniels, said the training was experimental... br / br /"Bourne Ultimatum" takes us to Berlin, Paris, London, Madrid and Tangier... So if you want to see what culture and filming in the midst of the local populace is all about, you're going get it in this very entertaining thriller... br / br /

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PUMPING UP THE ACTION, 2008-12-23
THE BOURNE SUPREMACY is, like its predecessors, a full-throttle action thriller. This one is on steroids. Matt Damon returns as the unstoppable, human killing machine, out to find the answers to his forgotten past, with a new batch of lethally trained CIA operatives trying to terminate him. br / br /The thing that seperates the Bourne movies from most of the other action pics out there is that this hero has a brain, and having plots that weren't designed by 4-year olds, not to mention interesting characters tends to keep me from falling asleep. Don't get me wrong, Bond is good- but Bourne is in a league of his own. br / br /The only reason I gave this film four instead of five stars, is that the jerky camerawork is just a bit too contrived. br /

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Spectacular, 2008-12-20
I had always been a late entrant to the Bourne films, beginning with the reason that it was just a little hard for me to see Matt Damon doing roundhouse kicks and taking down bad guys. Much to my surprise, The Bourne Identity, and even more so The Bourne Supremacy, were excellent films that excelled in terms of espionage action, and introduced those unfamiliar with Robert Ludlum's novels to a character that was more interesting and dangerous than even James Bond had been over the past few years prior. The Bourne Ultimatum rounds out the trilogy, with the amnesiac Jason Bourne bringing the search for his true identity to a close. Just like director Paul Greengrass had done with the last installment, he manages to weave in so much frentic action that it is impossible to take your eyes off the screen. Combined with the intricate plot that brings together all the elements of the previous films as well, the film is indeed a homecoming for Jason Bourne. Damon is perfect as ever in the role, and with returning cast members Joan Allen and Julia Stiles to go along with new additions David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, and Albert Finney as the man who holds all the keys to Bourne's past; everything indeed comes full circle. All in all, if you've missed out on the Bourne series at all, you truly have been missing out on something very special.

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Blackbriar = Monarch, 2008-12-15
I really wasn't fond of the Bourne Supremacy, which boiled down to, "you're a trained killer, so let's get you involved in a random plot because the audience only cares if you kick butt!" Fortunately, Ultimatum makes up for the lame duck sequel with a movie that actually advances the plot. br / br /Bourne follows a cell phone trail, similar to the latest Bond films (or rather, the Bond films took the idea from Bourne): kill a bad guy, take his phone, page through his address book, trace its location, find bad guy, repeat. This eventually leads to the Treadstone training facility where Project Blackbriar, and Jason Bourne, was created. br / br /The Bourne Ultimatum plays fast and loose with reality; occasionally Bourne just appears and disappears despite the best technology Treadstone has ad its disposable. The message seems to be that even the best surveillance is ultimately flawed because it uses people, and people make assumptions that trip them up. Bourne exploits the arrogance of Treadstone so effectively that he has them running in circles. There are some amazing fight scenes, thrilling chase scenes, and a few scenes that just drag on and on. Jumping from building to building in Madrid gets old after awhile. br / br /Spoiler alert! At the heart of The Bourne Ultimatum is the notion of a black ops team of killing machines. The idea actually has its roots in the conspiracy theory known as Project Monarch: creating superspies through psychological conditioning and torture. It's by no means an original idea, but Ultimatum gives it a twist by showing that Bourne had a lot more to do with the birth of his killer personality than he originally thought. br / br /Who is Jason Bourne? We get his real name, find out where he was trained, and delve into the circumstances that helped create him. The moral implications of who Bourne is and the decisions he made leading up his creation are an important part of the character, and it's a tribute to the screenwriters that it doesn't change what we love about Bourne: killing other spies (AKA "assets"). br / br / br /