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Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007) Rank 4 Reviews
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Screen Rant (Vic Holtreman)
The Bourne Ultimatum hits it out of the park as a smart, action-packed and compelling spy thriller which puts the series at 3 for 3. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Screen Rant (Vic Holtreman)
FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
From a purely visceral standpoint, The Bourne Ultimatum may be the clincher for fans who want a literal two-hour chase film. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
The battle is as long as it is ferocious, and in the audience I saw the movie with, nobody took a breath until it was over. Then they exhaled in a noise that exploded into a cheer. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Here's hoping Damon is Bourne again. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Video-Reviewmaster.com (Steve Crum)
Hard to believe, but director Paul Greengrass has made this installment more nail bitingly frantic than ever. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Video-Reviewmaster.com (Steve Crum)
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
It does not stop, never slows down and refuses to let the audience catch their breath. It is, without question or hesitation, maybe the perfect Summer action movie of all time. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
We're unsure if there's to be a fourth film in the franchise; but if there's not, Jason Bourne's going out in real style. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The Bourne Ultimatum is a spectacular windup toy of a thriller -- a contraption made by an artist. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
Bourne has gone the distance for three straight films… seals the achievement of a rare action franchise for thinking adults, combining gripping entertainment with an undercurrent of moral seriousness. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
Maxim (Pete Hammond)
It's the best action picture in decades, a two hour high-tech chase around the world that surpasses everything that's come before it including Oscar winning classics like 'The French Connection' and 'Bullitt'. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Maxim (Pete Hammond)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
A witty, relentlessly paced thriller with one of the year's classiest supporting casts. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)
As propulsive and nerve-jangling as any action flick I've ever seen...but what's most interesting is the harsh moral severity Greengrass has imposed on this series. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)
iF Magazine (Abbie Bernstein)
Thanks to director Greengrass, editor Christopher Rouse and the very astute and adept actors and stunt performers, the hand-to-hand combat is almost shocking in its brutality. Even though blood is kept to a minimum, the sheer sense of violence, physical e ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at iF Magazine (Abbie Bernstein)
MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)
Jason Bourne may forget who he is, but he sure knows how to still thrill audiences.
The amnesiac super assassin returns in "The Bourne Ultimatum," the third film based on the Robert Ludlum novels, still searching for his true identity and knocking ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)
3 Black Chicks
My favorite Spy/Ex-CIA operative ,Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), is on the move again. He is still a wanted man and he is still trying to find his true identity. In the process, he has made the CIA nervous and now the black ops division, led by Noah Vosen ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at 3 Black Chicks
eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
A more refined game of hide-and-seek than that of its predecessors, 'The Bourne Ultimatum' offers up the kind of globe-trotting cat-and-mouse thrills that feel too good to be true, especially in a summer that's been anything but. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at eFilmCritic.com (William Goss)
Empire Magazine [UK]
Not long ago it would have been tricky to imagine Matt Damon, the twinkly-eyed lad from All The Pretty Horses, playing a convincing action star. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"The Bourne Ultimatum" is a thrillingly executed feat of filmmaking, as good as any action movie that Hollywood has ever produced.
As they did in "The Bourne ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Blackfilm.com
If there was one franchise that only got better by doing less, and giving the audience what they wanted to see, it' the Bourne Franchise, as Jason Bourne. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Blackfilm.com
cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
There is a misconception out there, among those who read film reviews, that those of us who write them do so with utter dispassion and cold, steely resolve. And while it is true that we feel the need to be analytical and methodical with even those films ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
eFilmCritic.com (Jason Whyte)
Here is one of the year's smartest, energetic films, a ball of fire into a year of action and adventure films that has given us promises without delivering the goods. In a year where The Transformers spins everything into a blender and gives us a ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Jason Whyte)
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Let's just say it now: Paul Greengrass should direct every action thriller. The world of movies would be better for it. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
The Age
It's hard to keep those pesky Bourne titles straight in your mind, but the trilogy is rounded off - although the series is not necessarily concluded - with Ultimatum, the latest of the big-budget, fast-moving thrillers about an assassin with amnesia who ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Age
Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
It's so expertly crafted and the cast is so superb that The Bourne Ultimatum exceeds all expectations of the genre. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Associated Press (Christy Lemire)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Finally a movie for adults: Easily the most intelligent, mature, and exciting Hollywood picture this summer, boasting a shining turn from Matt Damon as the coolest (anti) hero around. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Oregonian (M.E. Russell)
A minor miracle in a summer full of weak, perfunctory or downright lousy 'threequels'. It's a relentless finale to the Bourne movie trilogy that raises the stakes, pumps up the action and develops old characters while introducing new villains. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Oregonian (M.E. Russell)
ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Canny dialogue, solid performances, and virtuoso editing and scoring make "The Bourne Ultimatum" a thrill ride you won't soon forget. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Few films combine a dense and tingling atmosphere with the headlong pacing and adventure of The Bourne Ultimatum. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
The espionage is great. Surveillance dodging scenes are more exciting than the most outrageous action sequences, and everyone talking in codes, testing each other and lying keeps the audience guessing. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
A multi-layered, multi-national thriller that delivers on every count, including raising issues of morality, which are at the heart of the film ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Urban Cinefile (Urban Cinefile Critics)
Cinema Crazed (Felix Vasquez Jr.)
It's the perfect way to close out such an incredible and influential franchise, period... ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Cinema Crazed (Felix Vasquez Jr.)
Hollywood Elsewhere (Jeffrey Wells)
You're in adrenaline heaven. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Hollywood Elsewhere (Jeffrey Wells)
Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
A pulse-pounding, brain-rattling thriller that redefines the action genre. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)
The post-9-11 plotline is designed to question the CIA's rationalization of resorting to rendition and suspect interrogation tactics in the age of the Patriot Act. How much harrowing paranoia can you handle? ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)
Sun Online (--)
British director Paul Greengrass shows here exactly how sequels should be done. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Sun Online (--)
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
A sit-up-straight action film. Jason Bourne's clenched-teeth exasperation and raw rage are, in part, our own, and they screech as loud as all the motorcar metal and metropolitan mayhem in 2007's best film so far. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
Cinematical (James Rocchi)
I don't know that if an action film can, in fact, be art -- but I do know that The Bourne Ultimatum has stuck with me, and will stick with me, in ways that will linger for a while. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
Insistent, ingenious and slammed full of five heart attacks worth of action, The Bourne Ultimatum may be the best conspiracy action-thriller ever made, a beautifully crafted mix of mayhem, well-earned paranoia and unlikely introspection. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
E! Online (Alex Markerson)
The Bourne movies continue to defy all the rules of sequel logic, each somehow surpassing its predecessor despite being essentially the same movie, with many recurring characters, plots and settings. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at E! Online (Alex Markerson)
thelondonpaper (Stuart McGurk)
Is there a better action lead than Matt Damon as Jason Bourne? Not on this evidence. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at thelondonpaper (Stuart McGurk)
Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Tense yet invigorating, The Bourne Ultimatum presents a terrific argument for the nonstop-action summer movie. Even those rare moments when it slows down offer more excitement than other films' full-bore action scenes. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
The original zing of the first film is back -- and in many ways is even better. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
From that first moment to the last of this peerlessly mounted action thriller, the chase never stops. Bourne's nerve never falters, or that of director Paul Greengrass, either. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
OhmyNews.com (Brian Orndorf)
An action-thriller that doesn't understand the meaning of pause. Pause has cooties as far as this production is concerned. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at OhmyNews.com (Brian Orndorf)
Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
This is what action movies are supposed to be. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
MovieJuice! (Mark Ramsey)
The pouty stylings of Julia Stiles, whose cherubic face looks less at home in the spy biz than in the business of shooting arrows at would-be lovers. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at MovieJuice! (Mark Ramsey)
New York Observer (Rex Reed)
A knockout roller-coaster ride custom-made for adrenaline junkies, it's easily the savviest and most satisfying spy movie in years, besting both of its preceding Bourne s -- Identity and Supremacy. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at New York Observer (Rex Reed)
Daily Mirror [UK] (--)
It's good enough, even, to be spoken of in the same breath as last yea's 007 masterpiece, Casino Royale. And best of all, it's directed by a Brit, Paul Greengrass, who gave us the equally superb United 93 a couple of years back. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Daily Mirror [UK] (--)
Jam! Movies
Breathtaking, heart-stopping, head-spinning - this is fastest, fiercest Bourne film yet. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Jam! Movies
Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
If there's an action junkie alive who won't thrill to this display of fox-and-mouse pursuit through the streets, roofs and alleyways of five international cities then he or she needs a five-shot of Starbuck's espresso. The film's great virtue is director ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
"Ultimatum" starts exactly where "Supremacy" left off. Wait, that's not quite right: it actually plunges back into the culmination of the climactic chase in Moscow. That epilogue in New York, where Bourne spies on Joan Allen's character while talking to ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
I am fairly certain that if I were strapped down and forced to take a pop quiz on the myriad plot details of "The Bourne Ultimatum," I would fail it miserably-the only comfort in that is my suspicion that if Robert Ludlum were still alive, he would ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
The Dallas Morning News
The Bourne Ultimatum leaps, scampers, scraps and drives its way into the pantheon of all-time great action movies. But the third and best chapter of the amnesiac spy saga might have more going on above the shoulders than on the streets, sidewalks and ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Dallas Morning News
eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
While still a rock-solid chunk of action-packed paranoia, one could sense a drop in quality from the last Jason Bourne sequel, "The Bourne Supremacy. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
After 9/11 the people who think about these things -- like me -- looked around at the apparently impenetrable solemnity engulfing us and predicted the death of irony, the end of snark. There was no room left for sarcasm, it seemed. Turns out we found ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
While still a rock-solid chunk of action-packed paranoia, one could sense a drop in quality from the last Jason Bourne sequel, "The Bourne Supremacy." Under the director Paul Greengrass, the series went from classic thriller conventions to an ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
The Cinema Source (Michael M. Dance)
The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy both earned their reputations for being rock-solid action films, and even a little bit more than that. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Cinema Source (Michael M. Dance)
The Bourne franchise was born, you should pardon the expression, in 2002 with The Bourne Identity. Although it brought in $213 million worldwide and is number 294 on the all-time gross list, I didn't like it, rating it only 3/10. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Paul Greengrass ("United 93"/"Bloody Sunday"/"The Bourne Supremacy") reunites with star Matt Damon, after doing the second political thriller Bourne film in the series, and helms this last leg of the trilogy. Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns and George Nolfi ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
I admit I was a latecomer to the Bourne party. In my review of the The Bourne Identity I was very harsh. By the time The Bourne Supremacy came out however, the series had won me over. In ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Empire Magazine [UK]
The best blockbuster of the summer and the most accomplished thriller since, well, Supremacy. This is the payoff Bourne fans have been waiting for and the standard to which future blockbusters should be held. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
The Onion A.V. Club
For a major Hollywood star, Matt Damon doesn't seem to care much about ingratiating himself to the audience. After getting his "love me, love me, love me" performance out of the way with Good Will Hunting, Damon has become a master of tragic ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
As I watched the opening scenes of "The Bourne Ultimatum," which is the third and I hope the final episode in Robert Ludlom's series of spy novels, I wondered about two things: first, the sheer number of locations we were treated to. Moscow, Turin, ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
It's not until the second-to-last shot of the lean, mean, most excellent The Bourne Ultimatum that somebody cracks a smile. But still, this clench-jawed thriller - with Matt ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Cinema Blend
By the second film audiences came prepared, assuming they knew what they were in for; but new director Paul Greengrass took Bourne's story to an entirely new level and left just about everyone picking themselves up off the floor. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Cinema Blend
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Austin American Statesman
"Viewers who have enjoyed the first two installments will thrill to this one, which is an almost nonstop pursuit where deft gamesmanship gets equal billing with smack-a-thwack ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chart Magazine
He can leap over tall buildings, disappear in a crowd and beat the shit out of you with a hardcover book. In The Bourne Ultimatum, the third and final installment of the series, everyone's favourite amnesiac spy finally meets his maker. And Jason ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Chart Magazine
Black Flix (Laurence Washington)
Few flicks are as engaging and smartly concocted as the Bourne movies and in the latest installment of this successful franchise which has earned more than $500 million at the global box office, all the cooks are back to whip up another delightful ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Black Flix (Laurence Washington)
Cineclub-Filmkritik
Die Ein-Mann-Eliteeinheit Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) kehrt nach Hause zurück, um seine rätselhafte Vergangenheit zu komplettieren. Die CIA, welche Jason Bourne einst erschuf, nahm ihm sein neues Leben sowie seine Liebe. Erfüllt von Rache wird aus dem ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Cineclub-Filmkritik
MovieWeb (Aaron Steven)
Matt Damon's stylish anti-hero Jason Bourne returns to the big screen for one last go around with The Bourne Ultimatum. Directed by Paul Greengrass, who took over the series after the first film, this new chapter takes all the great elements of the first ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at MovieWeb (Aaron Steven)
Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
A rousing travelogue of espionage. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Slate (Dana Stevens)
It feels odd, during a week in which the film world lost two of its towering artists, to pick up the baton of reviewing summer blockbusters again. But The Bourne Ultimatum is an ideal place to re-enter the flow, because the pure jolt of narrative ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Faster and, if possible, furiouser than its predecessors. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at L.A. Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
This movie has no pretence of being about anything but the action scenes. Fortunately, the action scenes are choice. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
Variety (Todd McCarthy)
The third and purportedly final installment in the mountingly exciting series is a pounding, pulsating thriller that provides an almost constant adrenaline surge for nearly two hours. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
MTV (Kurt Loder)
"The Bourne Ultimatum" might have brought this saga to a classy and gratifying conclusion. It's hard to imagine how any further sequel could improve upon it. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
FirstShowing.net (Ken Evans)
Walking out of The Bourne Ultimatum I was torn between extreme joy and extreme sadness. Joy that I can now without hesitation add Jason Bourne to my list of all time greatest action heroes, while at the same time feeling sadness that this will most ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at FirstShowing.net (Ken Evans)
Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
It is exhilarating, and when it is over, you just want to get right back in line to ride it again. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
CHUD (Devin Faraci)
[T]he antidote to bloated, stupid threequels and mindless junk food cinema. Bourne isn't just the best action movie of the summer, it's one of the best movies of the year. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
MovieMaze.de (Harald Witz)
Als sich der internationale Terrorist Carlos an die Fersen von Jason Bourne heftet, muss dieser erneut um sein Leben fürchten. Dabei gelingt es ihm mehrmals nur um Haaresbreite den Anschlägen von Carlos zu entkommen, wogegen seine eigenen Versuche den ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at MovieMaze.de (Harald Witz)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
...a state of the art machine, all bumpy kineticism and raw knuckles ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
New York Daily News
We all know that the best parts of a thriller are - well, the thrills. The car chases and quick escapes, the fight scenes and flying bullets. Few series have grasped this concept better than the "Bourne" trilogy, which ends as it began: bursting with so ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at New York Daily News
Movie-Vault.com (LaRae Meadows)
The Bourne Ultimatum, the third installment in the Bourne series based on Robert Ludlum’s novel. The Bourne Ultimatum is an eye peeling, edge of your seat action romp that leaves the audience feeling they ran around, chasing Jason Bourne through the ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Movie-Vault.com (LaRae Meadows)
Film Monthly (Clint Fletcher)
After taking a leave of absence to shoot and promote some of my own indie flicks, this review marks the Great Return of Fletch to the world of movie reviews. Surely it comes to no surprise to any of you that I really dug this flick. After all, its an ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Film Monthly (Clint Fletcher)
Film Journal International (Frank Lovece)
Third time out, most movie series suffer—for every Goldfinger, there's detritus a'dozen like Beverly Hills Cop III, The Godfather Part III, Jaws 3-D and Die Hard with a Vengeance. Yet happily, the golden touch has fingered The Bourne Ultimatum, the last ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Film Journal International (Frank Lovece)
Daily Telegraph (Sukhdev Sandhu)
A breathless and deliriously exhilarating summit. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Daily Telegraph (Sukhdev Sandhu)
FilmStew.com (Brent Simon)
There's unfortunately not necessarily reason to think that my own amalgam for the last two Bourne films ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at FilmStew.com (Brent Simon)
San Francisco Chronicle
Paul Greengrass directed the most artistically successful film about 9/11, "United 93," and put himself on the map as a director of consequence. That film documented the events of 9/11 as experienced on United Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at San Francisco Chronicle
The New York Times
Jaw clenched, brow knotted, body tight as a secret, Matt Damon hurtles through “The Bourne Ultimatum†like a missile. He’s a man on a mission, our Matt, and so too is his character, Jason Bourne, the near-mystically ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The New York Times
The Globe and Mail
Jason Bourne is back in the third and purportedly last of the exemplary action thrillers in a trilogy, The Bourne Ultimatum. Bourne, as you may or may not recall, is found floating in the Mediterranean one day. He has no memory of who he is, but soon ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Globe and Mail
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Run, Jason, run. The Bourne films have taken chases beyond a storytelling technique and made them into the story. Jason Bourne's search for the secret of his identity doesn't involve me in pulsating empathy for his dilemma, but as a MacGuffin, it's a ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
stylusmagazine.com (David Holmes)
it's easy to see why audiences love John McClane, Indiana Jones, and California's Gubernatorial Mandroid, Ahnold. They're out saving the world with a smile, continually risking life and limb for the sake of truth, justice and clever one-liners. And yet ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at stylusmagazine.com (David Holmes)
Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
As a thinking man’s actioner, Ultimatum continues the franchise’s firm grasp on how spy games are actually played. The film starts at the point where Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is in Moscow, having killed the assassin from Bourne Supremacy in a car cra ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Hollywood.com (Kit Bowen)
Ebert & Roeper (Richard Roeper)
Matt Damon’s terrific in this movie. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Ebert & Roeper (Richard Roeper)
Film School Rejects (Nate Deen)
“The Bourne Ultimatum,†the third and final chapter in the series based on the books by Robert Ludlum, is probably the best of the trilogy and one of the slickest and most intelligent action films of the year. The movies have never been on the same le ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Film School Rejects (Nate Deen)
Screen International
The Bourne Ultimatum serves as an involving and fitting bookend to Matt Damon's character-powered spy thriller series, paying off in a thrilling manner his amnesiac assassin's search to uncover the roots of his identity while also delivering plenty of ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Screen International
The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (Andrew Wright)
Moves relentlessly, intelligently forward, as everything extraneous gets chucked over the side ... the picture thrums with an unbelievable amount of energy. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (Andrew Wright)
Boston Globe
The ‘‘Bourne’’ series makes for an unusual action franchise. All the movies are exhilarating, including the third installment, ‘‘The Bourne Ultimatum,’’ which opens tonight and leaves a bruise. Part of what makes them so good is that theyâ ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Boston Globe
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
It's a beginning and an ending for Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Ultimatum," the third and final installment of the action-packed trilogy based on the writing of Robert Ludlum. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Jason Bourne, in theory, could be George W. Bush's dream historian, a loyal foot soldier who has been conditioned to obey and serve but whose mind has been broken and reconfigured to conveniently forget certain details and fixate on others. You couldn't ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
The Hollywood Reporter
"The Bourne Ultimatum," the culminating film of the trilogy begun five years ago with "The Bourne Identity," gets under way with a burst of nervous energy and extreme urgency and never lets up. It's a 114-minute chase film, dashing through streets and ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Hollywood Reporter
Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
IT says something about Paul Greengrass' directing style that he's able to make a movie as fresh and frank as "The Bourne Ultimatum" from a genre as moldy and bombastic as the spy thriller, but it's hard to explain what exactly, without inventing some ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Christian Science Monitor
'The Bourne Ultimatum' takes amnesiac superspy Jason Bourne from London to Tangiers – to downtown New York. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Christian Science Monitor
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
It's been three years since we last saw Jason Bourne, but "The Bourne Ultimatum" begins just minutes after the last film left off, with the CIA-trained assassin (again played to steely perfection by Matt Damon) recovering from that now-legendary car ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
"The Bourne Ultimatum" is another film in a first-class action series, quite possibly the James Bond of this generation. The movies all coast with a sense of urgency and there is always a fantastic plot that holds all the action and stunt work together. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
In 2002, the first of the Bourne trilogy came out (The Bourne Identity). We discovered that Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is a special kind of assassin for the US government. His mind short-circuited during one of his special ops missions. Now, afflicted ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at
New York Post (Lumenick)
The best of the summer's three-peats is also the pulse-pounding peak of the Bourne trilogy, with Matt Damon in top form as the anguished CIA assassin, who travels from London to Tangier to New York in search of his identity and revenge. It's hard to ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at New York Post (Lumenick)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
IT'S hard to imagine a movie much more exciting than "The Bourne Ultimatum," which is not only far and away this summer's best three-peat, it's a pulse-pounding peak to Matt Damon's spy trilogy. Director Paul Greengrass - ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
Do you remember the study that reported on seizures widely induced in Japanese children by fast frame video games? Try “The Bourne Ultimatum.†The overall momentum is akin to a Japanese bullet train roaring at top speed without touching the brakes, bu ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
So I remember not liking The Bourne Supremacy because of the fact that the camera shook so much it gave me a headache. I swore not to watch another movie by that director. Of course he went on to direct United 93, which in my opinion was one of the best ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Has a film's running time, in this case a breathless 115 minutes, ever involved so much actual running? The superbly kinetic action picture "The Bourne Ultimatum" treats its own narrative almost abstractly, as a series of hurdles to be knocked over ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
After three years of traveling around the globe, government-trained assassin/amnesiac Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is close to finding out who he is. But a relentless CIA official (a terrific David Strathairn) would rather Bourne wind up at the bottom of a ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Chicago Tribune (Matt Pais)
Plugged In
Jason Bourne isn't one for nostalgia.
He doesn't have time for it, for one thing—with evildoers and police officers all over him like static cling. Also, for him, memory lane is full of boarded-up shops and vacant lots. All he knows is that, somewher ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Plugged In
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Matt Damon damn near jumps off the screen, returning for the third and (he says) final time to his career-crowning role as amnesiac Jason Bourne, a killing machine out to go whup-ass on the CIA operatives who made him. The Bourne Ultimatum is a wow ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
It is often said that the concept of mise en scène is a part of filmmaking in order to bring the viewer to deeper understand the characters and events of a given picture. For the most part, I tend to agree with this philosophy: the goal of a team of ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
The Movie Insider (LaRae Meadows)
The Bourne Ultimatum, the third installment in the Bourne series based on Robert Ludlum�s novel. The Bourne Ultimatum is an eye peeling, edge of your seat action romp that leaves the audience feeling they ran around, ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Movie Insider (LaRae Meadows)
Hollywood Snitch (Rilio Mastrantonio)
Look out Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Arnold, and other killing machines, Matt Damon as Jason Bourne may be the best of the best. Put in a life or death situation, I would want Jason Bourne watching my back. Virtually indestructible, Bourne uses his razor like ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Hollywood Snitch (Rilio Mastrantonio)
The auditorium in which I screened The Bourne Ultimatum was filled to
capacity and humming comfortably with the floating refreshment of air
conditioning when I took my seat. By the film's end, the theatre was
still full to capacity but the room's ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is back in action in the third installment of Robert Ludlum's thriller tale as, this time, the former CIA assassin is in search of his real identity. But, high level opponents within the Company will use deadly, relentless force ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
The Observer (Philip French)
That time-honoured Hollywood command 'Cut to the chase!' is the order of the day in the Bourne trilogy. Indeed, in the second of the series, Paul Greengrass's The Bourne Supremacy, ruthless CIA boss Brian Cox actually says: 'Cut to the chase, Pam' when ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Observer (Philip French)
The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Matt Damon rarely stops moving in The Bourne Ultimatum: He's constantly running or jumping or punching, and when he does stand still long enough to say something, it's always in clipped, impatient sentences, as if he can hardly wait to quit gabbing and ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
World Socialist Web Site
The Bourne Ultimatum, directed by Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, United 93) is a fast-paced action film. In this, the third part of a series (following The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy—the latter also directed by Greengrass), disaffected CI ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
[ Ultimatum ] flips the standard conspiracy thriller on its head. Greengrass gets there so deftly it's enough to make yours spin. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
New York Press (Eric Kohn)
There hasn’t been filmic eruption of bombast that uses this much physicality since the closing scenes of last year’s Children of Men . ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at New York Press (Eric Kohn)
Financial Times (Martin Hoyle)
A rattling yarn exuberantly told, crunchingly violent but not too sadistic. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Financial Times (Martin Hoyle)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Matt Damon has found his winning formula and he's sticking to it. As amnesiac super-agent Jason Bourne, Damon successfully fronts a full-throttle action thriller that's the culmination of a smashing trilogy. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) begins again. When The Bourne Ultimatum opens in mid-chase scene, the ever stressed Bourne is eluding CIA agents on a moving train en route to Moscow. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
If The Bourne Ultimatum is the last film of the Bourne series, then the Bourne franchise is going out with not just a bang but a major ear-splitting explosion. Matt Damon doesn’t rest on his Bourne laurels and proves once again he truly is an action ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)
Ask Francis Ford Coppola, and he’ll tell you it’s no small feat getting to the third movie in a series and still managing to create something watchable. More remarkable still – unprecedented, really – is making a movie ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Austin Chronicle (Josh Rosenblatt)
Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
Neither as taut nor as intelligent as the 2002 original, The Bourne Identity, and an improvement over the ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Rarely, if ever, has the third film in a film franchise been the best of the lot, but The Bourne Ultimatum achieves just that status as each film in the Bourne series continued to top its predecessor. I went into the theater with the highest of ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
There are many who will tell you The Bourne Ultimatum is the best of the franchise but I'd have to disagree. Yeah, it’s a very good movie, and arguably the best sequel of the summer, but it’s a little behind The Bourne Supremacy for me. Perhaps I'm ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at RopeofSilicon (Laremy Legel)
The New Yorker (David Denby)
Matt Damon, at least in the “Bourne†series, looks like a bullet. He has short hair, no stubble to speak of, and a blunt nose. In violent scenes, his eyes go dead, and he has a strong, compact body, ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at The New Yorker (David Denby)
Sympatico.ca (Angela Baldassarre)
In a year where three has hardly been a charm in terms of movie franchises, "The Bourne Ultimatum" sticks out as the most exciting, intelligent and enjoyable thriller of the season. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Sympatico.ca (Angela Baldassarre)
Giant Magazine (Ethan Alter)
If this really is the last we've seen of Jason Bourne, at least he can head off into retirement knowing that he's earned a well-deserved rest. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at Giant Magazine (Ethan Alter)
KPBS.org (Beth Accomando)
Greengrass is a talented filmmaker with a documentary background and a knack for getting at the immediacy of events. With The Bourne Ultimatum , he hits the ground running and just never stops. ...read the complete Bourne Ultimatum movie review at KPBS.org (Beth Accomando)
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