The Bourne Ultimatum Getting Rave Reviews

[DudeAsInCool]

Word on the street - this one is a hit. Just had some friends return from the premiere, and they tell me this one is a winner. The director directed one of my favorite films of all last year - United 93 - this guy is no flash in the pan:

"The Bourne Ultimatum," the culminating film of the trilogy begun five years ago with "The Bourne Identity," gets under way with a burst of nervous energy and extreme urgency and never lets up. It's a 114-minute chase film, dashing through streets and rooftops of any number of international urban sprawls with Matt Damon's redoubtable Jason Bourne hot on the trail of -- himself. That might be the genius of the series: A James Bond-like character who can escape any pickle and thwart any villain, but all in a quest for his own identity. Jason is not out to save the world -- though he might do that -- he'd just like to know his real name.

Director Paul Greengrass, who only made the astonishing "United 93" in the interim, returns for his second "Bourne" film (after 2004's "The Bourne Supremacy") to bring the roller coaster ride to an end in a dead heat where all the plot points and (surviving) characters of the three films converge. Audiences will eat it up: This is a postmillennial spy-action movie pitched to a large international audience. You hardly need subtitles."

Read more at the Hollywood Reporter

[Umma]

I enjoyed the first one... only saw snippets of the second, so I'll have to make a point of watching it before number 3.

[vernarial]

I like this series. I haven't seen Ultimatum yet. Just like other books made into films, the Bourne series doesn't follow along with the books very well. In fact they are way off. Still fun to watch(and read).

[Matt Rendo]

Cant wait, loved the first two, great action movies.