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Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine ... see more see more... , Edgar Ramirez , Albert Finney , Joan Allen , Tom Gallop , Corey Johnson , Daniel Brühl , Joey Ansah , Colin Stinton , Dan Fredenburgh , Lucy Liemann , Bryan Reents , Arkie Reece , John Roberson , Russ Huards , Mark Bazeley , Sinead OKeefe , Chucky Venice , Scott Adkins , Branko Tomovic , Laurentiu Possa , Trevor St. John , Jeffrey Lee Gibson , Uriel Emil , Omar Hernandez , William H. Burns , Michael Wildman , Kai Martin , Gael García Bernal

Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) races to solve the mystery of his past while being hunted by members of the very organization he was hired into as director Paul Greengrass brings author Robert Ludlum's popu... read more read more...lar character back to the big screen for his third feature outing. David Strathairn, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, and Paddy Considine co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Paul Greengrass

Release Date: August 3, 2007

Keywords: action, summer, spy, 2nd, chase

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DVD Release Date: December 11, 2007

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  • brooklynspo
    June 8, 2008
    brooklynspo
    saw this one too
  • fb1463751009
    March 9, 2012
    fb1463751009
    Compared to all the Bourne entries, Ultimatum is by far, the most exciting and tightly executed of them all. There seems to be non-stop action but it is simply because of the tight and strong editing, direction, and camerawork by Paul Greengrass. The action never seems to let go ... read morebut it isn't what many imagine the "action" to be. Ultimatum is a super smart, exhilarating, and entertaining action movie that sets the bar for spy thrillers. This is a must see. One of the greatest action movies of all time.
  • MovieGeek13
    March 6, 2012
    MovieGeek13
    My personal belief is that in about ten or twenty years from now, The Bourne Trilogy will be regarded as one of the all time greatest action sagas. The intriguing setup from The Bourne Identity, the conflicting morals of The Bourne Supremacy, and now the balls to the wall climax ... read moreof The Bourne Ultimatum. If I could describe this action masterpiece in one word, it would be - in all caps - EXHILARATING!! Picking up a few weeks prior to the end of The Bourne Supremacy, Jason Bourne is trying to escape Moscow. Meanwhile, in London, a journalist named Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) is publishing stories that slowly reveal Operation Blackbriar - a more lethal offshoot of Treadstone, and the CIA essentially want him dead or silenced. Once Bourne learns about Ross, he seeks him out hoping to find the missing piece of his identity: who recruited Bourne and who made him the precision killer that he is today?
    Realizing just how much of a threat Bourne is to the CIA, the new agent Noah Vosen leads the chase in trying to catch him, against the persuasive influence of Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) who is in some indirect way Bourne's ally. Both of these characters create just as much excitement in the scenes behind computer screens and controlled towers tracking Bourne's whereabouts as the scenes where Bourne is fighting his assassins.
    And what fight scenes they are!! The choreography is more complex, faster, and constrained to even tighter quarters than in the previous film. The camera has an even shakier, documentary styles look, resulting in jaw dropping, exhilarating (there's that word again!) car chases, hand to hand combat, gun battles, rooftop chases, and seek and destroy sequence with Bourne and Ross in a crowded mall that will have your eyes glued to the screen.
    Nothing more can be said about Matt Damon other than a lame joke like "he was 'bourne' to play this role". Without Damon's likability this trilogy would not have worked half as well as it has. He has helped create one of the most fascinating and legendary on screen assassins that have graced the screen since James Bond. Simply put, The Bourne Ultimatum is the very definition of a perfect action picture. It's the most fitting end to a great trilogy, and an action film to which all espionage action films from this point on will be compared to.
  • spielberg00
    February 4, 2012
    spielberg00
    Most recent spy thrillers should be modeling after this one.
  • Redlats
    December 25, 2011
    Redlats
    Watching Jason Bourne is always fun. He is a one-man wrecking/killing machine with humanity. It is always fun when Jason tells Pamela she is looking a little tired.
  • scottgreen96
    October 30, 2011
    scottgreen96
    An explosive ending to my favorite trilogy of all time, in comparison to it's predecessor's it had nothing wrong with it, and in terms of quality, it's spot on.
  • garyX
    October 24, 2011
    garyX
    The final installment of the Bourne franchise sees Matt Damon finally discovering who he is and who's behind this fine mess he's in. I must admit, I found this film an odd one. The usual formula of a thriller involves the story being set up for the first two thirds of the film, a... read morend the last half hour climaxes with a frenetic action set piece. In The Bourne Ultimatum, it's the other way round! The first hour and a half is more of Greengrass' wobbly cam following an earnest looking Damon as he runs through interchangeable corridors, chases down generic bad guys and speeds through traffic. There is literally no plot til the last half hour. It reminded me of The Matrix trilogy in that the second film seemed irrelevant, and the two sequels could easily have been compressed into one superior film. But as it stands, it's an entertaining enough thriller which ties up the story satisfactorily (if unsurprisingly) and at least the direction contained more drama and less seasickness than the second (the climactic car chase is actually very impressive indeed.) Still not as good as the first but it will please fans of the series.
  • DreamExtractor
    September 25, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    The Bourne Ultimatium is the best in the series, and a incredible and amazing action film. The story is by far the best and is the exciting conclusion to the trilogy. The cast is great, and dare i say that matt damon was born to play this role. The action scenes are intense an... read mored awesome and the pure highlight of these films. I love The Bourne movies and this one is by far the best.
  • StarCrossedVoyager
    September 13, 2011
    StarCrossedVoyager
    Stranger and not as good as the first it's a simple case of the bigger sequel with several exotic locations. It all seemed a bit too much and over the top. Although I did like the finding out more about how Bourne came to be. However I'm still not convinced of Damon's "action man... read more" status.
  • fb729949618
    August 5, 2011
    fb729949618
    Jason Bourne is a bad ass. Best movie in the trilogy.....easily.

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Lou Lumenick
September 22, 2007
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

Not only far and away this summer's best three-peat, it's a pulse-pounding peak to Matt Damon's spy trilogy. Full Review

Jonathan F. Richards
August 13, 2007
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com

Watching The Bourne Ultimatum is like being strapped to a vibrating bed set on high for two hours in a cheap motel. Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
August 6, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

A great action movie, exhilarating and neatly crafted, the kind of picture that will still look good 20 or 30 years from now. Full Review

Peter Travers
August 6, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

We've waited all summer for a wild ride to grab us with more than jolts. Now it's here. Hang on.

David Edelstein
August 6, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

Fans of 24 will be amazed to find a hero who makes Jack Bauer seem like a study in sissydom. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
August 3, 2007
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

While Ultimatum may be the lesser of the three Jason Bourne movies, it is only so because the bar set by its predecessors was so uncommonly high. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
August 3, 2007
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Bursts with so much amped-up energy, you may need to rest once it's finally done. Full Review

Amy Biancolli
August 3, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

I must have breathed during The Bourne Ultimatum because I didn't pass out in my seat -- but I'm sure those were bruises on my throat. Gripping? Yes. Full Review

Tom Long
August 3, 2007
Tom Long, Detroit News

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... Full Review

Terry Lawson
August 3, 2007
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

The third chapter in the globe-trotting -- more like globe-speeding, actually -- saga of Jason Bourne, a.k.a. the Spy With No Memory, is easily the best of the three. Full Review

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