Probably the best threequel of the summer, The Bourne Ultimatum keeps to the same seamlessly smart, hair-raising action of the first two installments.
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08/03/07
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
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Reviews Counted:224
Fresh:208
Rotten:16
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: The Bourne Ultimatum is an intelligent, finely tuned non-stop thrill ride. Another strong performance from Matt Damon and sharp camerawork from Paul Greengrass make this the finest installment of the Bourne trilogy.
Theatrical Release:16-08-2007
Synopsis: The government's most wanted amnesiac super-spy returns in this thrilling third installment in the Jason Bourne franchise. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM picks up where the THE BOURNE SUPREMACY left off,... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Edgar Ramirez
Director: Paul Greengrass
Reviews for The Bourne Ultimatum
141 - 160 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
We know Bourne is more or less the baddest dude on the planet, and could probably take on Col. Guile, Sub-Zero, and Liquid Snake at the same time, but maybe enough is enough.
08/03/07
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.
08/03/07
There's something unusual about Matt Damon's spy thrillers built around the exploits of the amnesia-addled Jason Bourne: Each film in the series has actually been better than its predecessor...
08/03/07
This is a chase film, pushed to the fragmented limits of abstraction, that rattles and jolts and explodes like an intricately designed drum solo.
08/03/07
For Jason Bourne, who rises and rises again in this fantastically kinetic, propulsive film, resurrection is the name of the game, just as it is for franchises.
08/03/07
Top CriticThis is a film about momentum, gravity, trajectory. It's a physics lesson wrapped up in an espionage thriller, and when director Greengrass yells 'Action!' he means it.
08/03/07
After a summer-movie season full of bloated running times, pointless explosions and convoluted plots, Jason Bourne has arrived to save the day.
08/03/07
It's The Manchurian Candidate, but Raymond Shaw has hypnotized himself and the evil government looking to overthrow life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness is ours.
08/02/07
Jason Bourne is reborn in Bourne Ultimatum and it proves that sometimes the third time is a charm.
08/02/07
More fully develops the strain that was glossed over in the previous movie, i.e. the exploration of morality.
08/02/07
The Bourne Ultimatum is the decisive capper on one of the rare series that will surely get better with time even as we hope to one day look upon its own themes with relic status.
08/02/07
Damon lends an air of conscious integrity to the part, a quality of reflective introspection that acts as an amazingly effective ballast against the complete implausibility of his continued survival.
08/02/07
Top CriticPaul Greengrass does it again! ...lots of action, good-looking people, despicable bad guys, and intensity that never lets up,...
08/02/07
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.
08/02/07
Here's hoping Damon is Bourne again.
08/02/07
It's all too easy to see that the filmmakers and Damon are coasting when they could be soaring.
08/02/07
An action-thriller that doesn't understand the meaning of pause. Pause has cooties as far as this production is concerned.
08/02/07
A skillfully executed work stripped of drama but saturated in tension.
08/02/07
From a purely visceral standpoint, The Bourne Ultimatum may be the clincher for fans who want a literal two-hour chase film.
08/02/07
Latest News for The Bourne Ultimatum
December 07, 2009:
Matt Damon Expects Greengrass to Return for Fourth Bourne 
As expected, don't count on Matt Damon returning to the "Bourne" franchise without Paul Greengrass -- but on the good side, Damon expects Greengrass to return. More...
November 30, 2009:
Paul Greengrass Quits Fourth Bourne
According to sources close to the project, Paul Greengrass has walked away from the fourth "Bourne" movie, throwing the future of the sequel in doubt -- at least for now. More...
February 04, 2009:
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December 09, 2008:
Frank Marshall Preps Fourth Bourne Movie
Thanks to a new deal with the Robert Ludlum estate, Universal has access to the late author's entire library -- and according to producer Frank Marshall, one of those books may... More...
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