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Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) a score of 3.2598 out of 4

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Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

After a summer-movie season full of bloated running times, pointless explosions and convoluted plots, Jason Bourne has arrived to save the day. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

As badass as Bourne is, the film tends to forget it isn't Unbreakable . ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

SoundtrackNet (Dan Goldwasser)

It's an intense action film that was veritably non-stop from beginning to end, and is well worth checking out. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at SoundtrackNet (Dan Goldwasser)

Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)

Director Paul Greengrass brings the Bourne series to a very satisfying conclusion (if indeed that was the final the installment) through his knack for constantly building tension while telling his story and frenetic visual style. In fact, THE BOURNE ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)

Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)

Thrillers this effective are often called "tight," and it's true that this picture doesn't waste a second. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)

Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)

...Damon takes all the mayhem in stride with square-jawed deadpan insouciance... ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)

Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

This non-stop spy action thriller is the third in what has become a kind of standard in the genre, along with the long-running James Bond series and the Mission Impossible series of spy movies. Of course, the Bourne and Mission Impossible movies are ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)

This is London (Derek Malcolm)

If it wasn't for the fact that the director, Paul Greengrass is more than capable in his most popular guise, and that the story itself has an edge, we might be longing for a bit of quiet between the insistent roar of it all. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at This is London (Derek Malcolm)

Bullz-Eye.com

As spy thrillers go, "The Bourne Ultimatum" is shockingly plot-free. The majority of the movie is Run, Jason, Run! as he plays cat-and-mouse with the CIA in an attempt to uncover The Awful Truth about his identity and history. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Bullz-Eye.com

filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

There are actually three screenwriters credited for The Bourne Ultimatum, though it's hard to imagine what exactly they all did to earn their paycheck. "You don't remember anything, do you?" "It's Bourne." "It ends here." [insert car chase] That doesn't ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)

Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

The Bourne Ultimatum: (John Powell) Not much of the original storylines remain from the Robert Ludlum trilogy of novels about Jason Bourne, but the success of the Bourne film franchise thus far opens the door for further exploration of fresh scripts in ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)

Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Jason Bourne is back, and he's still being chased by a faction of the CIA who have insidiously been trying to keep the details of his origin and missions under wraps for fear of exposure. Bourne (Damon, Ocean's Thirteen) isn't yet able to remember all ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

It's frenetic to the point of crazy while achieving a mark that barely exceeds mediocre. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)

This film is less interested in good plot than it is in having long, drawn-out action chases of which there are entirely too many. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)

Projection Booth (Rob Humanick)

Slice-n-dices its action so much that it's impossible to tell how much of worth was actually there to begin with. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Projection Booth (Rob Humanick)

Newsday (Jan Stuart)

Screenwriter Tony Gilroy, who's been around the block with Bourne on the first two pictures, juggles all of this to-ing and fro-ing with admirable precision. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)

Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)

If you do go to see this thinly scripted and very repetitive action film, bring your seasickness pills [because of the heavy use of the "shakycam"]. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)

El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)

Matt Damon dando vida por tercera vez al amnÃ©sico personaje creado por el novelista Rober Ludlum, y Paul Greengrass enfatizando un estilo de incisiÃ³n paranoica-nervuda con hastiante y continuo movimiento de cÃ¡mara. Con ello nos narra una trama-juego d ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)

San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

Ultimatum tries to stir sympathy for its indestructible hero. But Jason Bourne has all the charm of a howitzer. He needs some time with the Harry Potter bunch. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

Is this stylized action -- obscured by shaky camerawork and in-your-face edits -- really more exciting than the eye-popping stunts that unfold in real time in a cheesy martial-arts adventure like 'Ong-Bak'? ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for

After the absolutely exhilarating first two Bourne movies, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM is a definite disappointment. Coming from the more-is-more school of action filmmaking, director Paul Greengrass seems to think that chases and car crashes should go on ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at

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Part 3 of the Jason Bourne trilogy, "The Bourne Ultimatum," is one heck of a hectic movie. Run, jump, crash. Run, jump, smash. Nobody stands still for a second. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at <dnb@dca.net>

Preview Family Movie Review

Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez. Espionage thriller. Written by Tony Gilroy, Tom Stoppard, Scott Burns, Paul Attanasio. Directed by Paul ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Preview Family Movie Review

ChildCare Action Project: MOVIE ANALYSES FOR PARENTS

It's Bourne again! Jason (not Vorhees) is back with another helping of the same thing, just scooped out from the other side of the same pot. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at ChildCare Action Project: MOVIE ANALYSES FOR PARENTS

The Nation (Stuart Klawans)

Jason Bourne, man of multiple names and passports, is now three movies into a career as the world's most hotly pursued fugitive other than ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Nation (Stuart Klawans)

d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)

It's a shame the script and drama of The Bourne Ultimatum is pure hokum because, like director Paul Greengrass' previous film, United 93, the third entry in Bourne series makes an interesting attempt to get at the clash between omniscient technology and ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)

Played by Matt Damon, who no longer looks too young for the role, Jason Bourne is back. He is again trying to piece together who he is and what his background has to do with the CIA whom he now knows to be his real enemies. English reporter ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at

Played by Matt Damon, who no longer looks too young for the role, Jason Bourne is back. He is again trying to piece together who he is and what his background has to do with the CIA whom he now knows to be his real enemies. English reporter Simon Ross ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at

The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)

His girlfriend having been prematurely terminated from her walks on this mortal coil, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) comes a'seeking revenge. We figured that out from The Bourne Ultimatum, third in a sequence which began with The Bourne Identity and continued ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)

Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)

If this is the end of Bourne's film career, he won't be missed much. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)

Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

I give up. No medium as thin as language can capture the snare-drum riffs that propel "The Bourne Ultimatum" along faster than the speed of sound, light and thought. It's not a movie; it's a trip through a gun barrel at the head of a cloud of exploding ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

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