Film
Movie theaters, reviews and showtimes in New York, plus articles, trailers and more
- Home
- Box Office
- Listings
- Trailers
- Features
Bookmark this page- Edition:
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Director: Paul Greengrass
Synopsis
In the latest installment of the espionage series, Jason Bourne hunts down his past in order to find out what the future holds. He travels through Moscow, Paris, London, Madrid, Tangiers and New York as he continues on his quest to find the real Jason Bourne, all the while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents who would prefer him dead.
Movie review
From Time Out New York
There’s no genre yet for the kind of breathless thrillmaking that Paul Greengrass is achieving in his movies lately—last with United 93, an unlikely triumph, and now with this superb spy threequel, the giddiest warm-weather action movie since John Woo swapped dimples in Face/Off. Part of its success has to do with the director’s subtle feel for a jittery frame—more like a jazz drummer’s brush strokes than fashionable twitchiness. But the deeper appeal has to do with the cloud of fear we still live in. Here are American-intelligence war rooms of infinite precision (for a change), but in pursuit of a boyish hero who’s smart enough to outwit them.
That hero, of course, is Jason Bourne: ex-spook, amnesiac and Matt Damon, who must count this as his signature role. Damon has always been cursed with farm-boy blandness; he comes to life only when he tightens his jaw into repressed covetousness (The Talented Mr. Ripley) or slippery corruption (The Departed). But with Bourne, here free of romantic attachment, he becomes an all-American killing machine, much like the soldiers we’re sending overseas. The Bourne Ultimatum is that soldier’s revenge, coming home to America—to New York, even—to find out why his humanity was robbed from him. Of course, many cars will be crashed along the way. He’ll strangle a goon in a bathroom with a towel (a close-contact fight eerily reminiscent of United 93’s cockpit struggle). The cat-and-mouse sequences in this film are revelatory—they’re why we go to the movies in the first place.
Author: Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York Issue 618: August 2–8, 2007
User reviews of this film
-
- eliesha said...
- Posted on Nov 12 2007 02:56 OMG!!!!! i cant believe that this was the last movie!!! it was absolutly fantastic!! matt damon plays jason bourne so well its not funny, he is like, the best actor i know
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Sam said...
- Posted on Oct 12 2007 17:54 A brilliant ending. It doesn't disappoint anyone who likes the Bourne films and have seen the others. I recommend this film and love it.
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Becci said...
- Posted on Sep 20 2007 12:33 BEST FILM i'VE EVER SEEN. I was almost crying when I walked out knowing that this is the last one... the end of it is plain amazing. Matt Damon is a superb actor and plays Bourne perfectly!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Ruby said...
- Posted on Sep 20 2007 12:30 I absolutley LOVE the Bourne series, Jason Bourne is the best. This film was amazing and i walked out the cinema with my heart pounding! Doesn't fail one tiny bit to impress. And i also reckon Bourne's the most intelligent guy on the planet.
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Marie said...
- Posted on Sep 18 2007 07:06 Great film. Thorughly enjoyed the ride. Matt Damon is a great actor. Read comments about the camera action but was not a problem. Keep alert as the film does go fast and furious. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
- Report as inappropriate
-
- Ravi said...
- Posted on Aug 21 2007 06:57 It was fantastic. A brilliant conclusion to the series and action packed.
- Report as inappropriate
-
- vicky said...
-
Posted on Aug 20 2007 10:36
A fantastic film, but there should be a MOTION SICKNESS warnign before it starts!
Some of the trendy moving camera work was nausea-inducing, about half the audience were turning away from the screen. About an hour into the film I really did think I was going to puke!
To be brutally honest, for me it ruined what shoudl have been a brilliant film with a cracking cast and great storyline. - Report as inappropriate
-
- john said...
- Posted on Aug 05 2007 01:59 This movie is just flat out awsome! With every Bourne movie I see I'm on the edge of my seat even longer than the last! This one is just a non-stop rush from beginning to ending. More puzzle pieces will be givin. Enough closure is givin to the audience concerning the plot yet there is enough left for another movie should there be a decision to make another one. Spectactular movie!
- Report as inappropriate
-
- gorgonian said...
-
Posted on Aug 03 2007 22:24
Another fantastic acting appearance by Matt Damon. . terrfic special affects, action packed, brilliant camera work. . tense, exciting. BEST ACTION MOVIE EVER!
MATT DAMON, the truly 'Nice Guy', Hero/jason Bourne,Great Actor, possessing a Rare INTELLIGIENCE, seldom witnessed in Hollywood. - Report as inappropriate
-
- amanda said...
- Posted on Aug 01 2007 18:08 I have loved this series ever since a friend dragged me to the first one. So happy to hear that this one won't disappoint!
- Report as inappropriate
Cast & crew
Director: Paul Greengrass
Producer: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Paul L Sandberg
Cast: Matt Damon, Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Edgar Ramirez, Chris Cooper, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Albert Finney full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Thrillers, Drama
Rated: PG-13
Duration: 115 mins
Most popular on this site
Features
To the letter
Forty years later, Costa-Gavras's Z still brims with fury.
Mind over matter
David Cronenberg reflects on a most bizarre body: his own corpus of work.
Fool's gold
Can an Oscar win lead to a cursed career? Here are five stories of postaward professional meltdowns.
We are the championed
Terrorists and teens abound in this year's "Film Comment Selects."
A history of violence
Matteo Garrone's kaleidoscopic Gomorrah wallops you with Italy's crime crisis.
True romantic
James Gray exchanges urban amorality for amour in Two Lovers.
Playing in the dark
MoMA salutes pianist Stuart Oderman's 50 years as the one-man sound of silents.
Junk bonds
Cast and crew recall the making of the classic NYC drug drama The Panic in Needle Park.
What do you think?
Post your review now