Ah the Bourne Ultimatum, the final movie of the very popular Bourne movies started with the Bourne Identity in 2002.
The movie actually starts before the end of the events of Supremacy, with Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) running from the police in Moscow. A little while later he finds a article in Paris while reading the paper about him and Treadstone by Simon Ross (Paddy Considine), which was the group that trained Bourne, and a new reactivated Treadstone, known only as Blackbriar. Unfortunately, CIA’s Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) who is heading the new Blackbriar operation, also has tracked down Ross, and will stop at nothing to take him out in order to keep his secrets from being put out in the open.
Basically, this is the most stylish one, and possibly the best one of the series. Matt Damon once again does a good job as a man who’s basically a super-assassin, but still trying to find (can’t believe i’m saying this) his identity. One of the more interesting points of the movie is the tension at the CIA between Vosen and Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) who was a big part of the second movie in trying to get Bourne, and Vosen wants to eliminate Bourne to cover up anything he might know about his secret program, while Landy attempts to contact Bourne, realizing mid-way that Vosen has done wrong, and proceeds to help Bourne in the last half of the movie. The action sequences are once again the highlights of the film, and are among the most well done in the series. There’s even a bit of comedy in the movie, as Bourne is always one step ahead of the guys who are trying to get him, and it gets them into some sticky situations in which you just got to laugh and applaud for the ingeniousness of some of the scenes. Not trying to spoil the end of the movie, but it has one of the bigger twists this summer, and is up for interpretation whether or not a 4th movie could be in the works. One of the best movies i’ve seen this summer, it’s going to be up at the top of my favorite movies this year I think.
Beatin’ me too the punch already on these movies, huh, Jason? Nice review of The Bourne Ultimatum. Sorry I couldn’t catch it with you guys on Friday/Saturday; I was in Cleveland this weekend visiting a friend. When I got back today, the first thing we did was go see Bourne. Definitely a great movie of this year. Dunno about the 4th movie, though. I guess they could if they wanted, but the story basically ends there, I think. No one else chasing him. What would you speculate about the end?
Yeah that was my basic feeling on the matter. The people who wanted Bourne were all taken care of (Vosen, etc.), Landy wanted to let him go (“This isn’t what we are, what I signed up for” she basically said) and Bourne faked his death, and since he’s found what he wanted to know, he has no reason to make a appearance on the grid again. But you know Hollywood, the movie is successful, and if enough money is thrown around, it’s always possible.
Very true; money is the name of the game.
And, as for Fanboys, I checked and you’re right. I think they had slated it for next Friday at the beginning of the summer, but they must have pushed it back. I heard something about re-shoots in September. So Jan. 2008, it is.
And Rush Hour 3 is my last must-see since Fanboys is no longer playing. And then there’s Harry Potter and possibly Transformers, but I may wait to get out to school for those. A little cheaper to see movies amongst the cornfields.