The Bourne Ultimatum

So let's summarize: agent Jason Bourne speaks several world languages perfectly and without hesitation, he drives better than a professional Formula One pilot, he can handle four highly trained agents on a few square meters without batting an eye, he knows all possible places and locations perfectly, so not only does he never get lost, but he is always several thousand steps ahead of the local police and the entire FBI and CIA combined (Moscow, London, Berlin, Turin, unspecified places in India, New York, Tangier, among others). Nothing ever catches him off guard, and he always thinks with a cool head, even when there are thousand of people with guns behind him, and he can sneak into the office of the CIA Deputy Director without being seen – don’t forget that it is a high-rise building where one office is next to another, and there are about 165,811,877 people everywhere. And on top of all that, he dares to make bold and ironic remarks. This is just a rough list of all the qualities of this elite agent. So where is the realism in that? And yet they say Bond and Hunt are over-the-top. (07/10/2007)

A complete and unrivaled ride, which does take ideas from the previous two films, but it tightens everything ad absurdum. Greengrass could lecture on dynamic and civilian directing, and Matt Damon is DEFINITIVELY Jason Bourne. Without a doubt, he blended in perfectly with his torn figure, and here and there is the uneven feeling from Liman's "pilot". If we are talking about what a modern and intelligent thriller of the present should be, then all we have to do is play The Bourne Ultimatum from start to finish. It's a film where a) you won’t exhale, and b) you won't remember that you have already seen all this before. Simply because it's so great, it’s not a good idea to take into account the previous attempts at all. (17/03/2008)

Well, let's not mince words, there hasn't been such a dynamic and smart action film for many years. If with Die Hard 4 we were talking about "inventive action", compared to the final part of the Bourne trilogy Len Wiseman, it looks like a small town geezer talking about the perpetual motion machine with a rabbit poop drive, while Paul Greengrass is an elegant and sophisticated Thomas Alva Edison. I may have missed a more sophisticated script, as with the first two episodes, but I was still fascinated with Bourne's thoughtful actions, always one step ahead of his pursuers. I have no doubt that the Bourne trilogy will go down in the Hall of Fame of cinema history. (19/09/2007)

"I remember... I remember everything." Things have come a full circle, and Matt Damon is silent as a stone again and David Webb, alias Jason Bourne, returns to the movie theaters for a third time. The third Bourne isn’t any better than the second one. But I should add that it isn’t even a tiny bit worse. It has a little more action, unlike its older brother, it has a proper ending, again has incredible pace like few other pictures in this genre, gripping action, outstanding actors, excellent technical aspects, loads of scenes where the stunt-people must have really sweated, tons of ideas and... and qualities in all areas that are hard to describe. One almost insignificant problem can be found here. It’s that Greengrass’ version of Jason Bourne sometimes steals from itself. But who cares when it swallows you whole and doesn’t let you go until long after the movie ends. Although Ethan Hunt and even James Bond in his new guise follow the track beaten out by the second Bourne, despite both being extremely high quality, they remain deep in his shadow. And this ultimate experience does nothing to change that. Thank god. ♫ OST score: 4/5 (24/08/2007)

Pace, pace and even faster pace from start to finish. The story is directly related to the previous film and I think it was a good idea to watch both of them in sequence, because everything fits together beautifully. Greengrass's direction is second to none, and the very first sequence is so great that it can easily match a very similar scene from The French Connection. Matt Damon was excellent, but as much as his performance, I liked the interplay between Joan Allen and David Strathairn, who played with obvious gusto. (09/02/2015)