The Bourne Ultimatum

When I grow up I want to be a double naught spy. I mean, check out the starter package: martial arts skills, world language skills. spy skills, freerunning skills, unlimited funds and the list goes on and on. The plot is pretty simple if you’ve been following the previous two movies. Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon is an unstoppable killing machine who is convinced he has been brainwashed because certain parts of his memory are missing. In the course of the film he must fight rogue elements and not so rogue elements of the CIA to get his brizain strizaight.

One thing that kept me from watching this for so long is the director’s camera style. I generally do not like the camera tied to a paint shaker style of cinematography that this movie and its predecessor used. In this particular film it was done as well as it could have been, however. As opposed to Supremacy, Ultimatum lets you see most of what is going on at crucial times. Car chases are coherent as are the fight scenes. Both reach a level of badass that you don’t often see. Jeff Imada did the fight stunt coordination and you can see the authenticity in the moves the actors are doing.

Basically what you got here is a much better than average action drama. Your girlfriend/wife will fall asleep in fifteen minutes, but you dudes will be pretty much into it until the somewhat predictable if satisfying ending. This is a solid rent. I can’t even really poke fun at it. The action is so well done that it might not be a bad movie to have in your permanent collection.

You should rent this movie if

1. You like action movies.
2. You like spy movies.
3. You like Matt Damon

You should buy this movie if

1. Dude's head gets totally shot by a sniper rifle.
2. There's this one scene where Matt Damon breaks onto this dude's office and the dude thinks Matt Damon is at this train station and follows him there, and Matt Damon calls him from the office just to eff with him and Dude is super pissed.
3. Matt Damon steals a cop car and goes effing nuts with it.
4. Matt Damon kicks this one dude’s ass hard. Dude.

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