I had forgotten just how good this one was. Greengrass maintains the frenetic pace of the last film and even steps it up a notch, finding creative ways to keep us entertained.

Perhaps the story arc could have had a more interesting conclusion, but as a new spin on the pure-bred spy thriller the Bourne series (or at least the first three) stands as one of the greats.

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Incredibly boring and disappointing movie. Waaaaay too long action scenes we saw a million times in other movies and the dialogue could have been written by 5-year-olds

These films could have way more potential if the camera work wasn’t done by 4 year old on a caffeine rush.

a great action film...another fine installment to the bourne trilogy....though the patterns kinda felt same...also there was a little too much shaky cam effect....but overall a fine and acceptable movie to enjoy..we get to know more about treadstone and how bourne is related to it...this movie had some awesome sequences..i really liked the part where this movie connected to the previous film...a great watch..

Great movie

This movie has got to be my favorite out of the three. I really enjoyed how well they've blended the first two films with the 3rd one. The only thing I didn't like about the movie was the fact it took Bourne just over half the movie to get to New York. Everything else was just perfect.

Had they killed him and he got escaped a third time? ;) We can have fun watching as they play cat and mouse.

A very good action movie that never lets up during its nearly two hour running time. The "shaky cam" that gives the Bourne films their gritty look is almost too much due to the constant quick cuts/edits. Everything is moving so fast that its hard to get focused on what is going on. It does add considerable tension to the movie though. Matt Damon really does a nice job of portraying a man on a mission. And Joan Allen plays a welcome friend to Bourne as Agent Landy.

It is getting better. Other than being best of the series, one of the best of its kind.

1 of the best fight scenes, 1 of the best car chases, this is 1 of the best spy films ever if not the best.

Another nice Bourne movie. I though Bourne's meeting with Simon Ross (when they tried to loose their trail and avoid being spotted) would be the highlight of this movie but luckily there where even two additional highlights:

1) Bourne and Noah:
"Where are you now?"
"I'm sitting in my office."
"I doubt that."
"Why would you doubt that?"
"If you were in your office right now, we'd be having this conversation face to face."
This never gets boring :)

2) Pam and Noah:
"You better get yourself a good lawyer."
Pam was so badass and Noah's reaction when he realized that she faxed the secret documents was priceless!

It was also nice to see more of Nicky Parsons (although she didn't talk much, even for this movie) and it's so nice that they continue ending the movie with the same song :D
Also: Yay, they have flatscreen monitors now xD

Bereft of ideas and coasting on fumes, The Bourne Ultimatum delivers a stale and mindless action thriller. In this chapter of the series Jason Bourne has another flashback to his Treadstone days and seeks to uncover how it all began. In essence this is just a carbon copy of Supremacy, only not as clever and a lot less interesting. Additionally, the cast isn’t as strong this time and doesn’t have much to work with. The Bourne Ultimatum is an uninspired, trite film that pulls out the same old bag of tricks.

I swear, if I hear them say _the asset_ one more forking time... >_<

How on Earth did they manage to write such lame dialogs!? Sure, the first two movies also had some "Hollywood nonsense spy talk", but in very few scenes. This one is just ridiculous. And it's not like the story is awful or anything, it's on par with the second movie, not brilliant, but not bad either. It's just the awful dialogs.

On the other hand, it's nice to see a movie actually filmed where the action is supposed to be ([spoiler]Madrid, Tangiers[/spoiler]...). I've seen too many idiotic location mistakes in other movies (Mission Impossible 2, Day and Knight, or the unforgivable Vantage Point, to name a few).

Well crafted, fast paced and actually exciting, this, with its sturdy performances, good plot and assured direction, is easily the best film of the franchise.

I saw a movie very similar to this recently called _The Bourne Supremacy_. Even though they are practically the exact same movie, this installment is still quite enjoyable. I literally think they just took the old script, used some white out on the locations and assassin names and went to work making _Ultimatum_. I did like the interlacing of the closing scenes of _Supremacy_ with this movie and the travelling back to see the other end of the events that preceded Bourne starting to piece together his mysterious past.

The culmination of a fantastic trilogy of films, this a propulsive action film that rarely lets up. Dropping the audience into the moments immediately after the conclusion of the last film, it relies on audience awareness of the story to date to truly embrace the characters, as it rarely pauses for breath. It is as frenetic as the last entry, but no less gripping for it. With Bourne by now an unstoppable force of nature, the filmmakers ratchet up the tension in each act by giving Bourne someone or something to protect before a final sequence in New York that is as much about misdirection as it is about Bourne fighting off an increasing number of obstacles. The filmmakers also wisely choose to end the film (and the series to this point) on a character moment rather than an action sequence as Bourne finally confronts his past. It may stand on the shoulders of the previous films, but it is a fine conclusion to the main arc.

Just as the second installment of this trilogy, The Bourne Ultimatum suffers from en excess of shaky cam. This takes away some enjoyment of an otherwise excellent movie. Why directors use this lazy technique is beyond me, but here we are, almost 15 years later, and it's still widely used.

Anyway, The Bourne Ultimatum is certainly worth the watch. Matt Damon does another killer performance, and the story is still strong. This would have been the best in the trilogy if it hadn't been for that pesky shaky cam.

This film is part of the Jason Bourne film series
The Bourne Identity (2002) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-bourne-identity-2002
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-bourne-supremacy-2004
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-bourne-ultimatum-2007
Jason Bourne (2016) https://trakt.tv/movies/jason-bourne-2016

S .M .A .R .T_V.I.L.L.A.I.N.!

I still find it a great movie, in the spy genre, but FUCK the canara work almost made me have to stop. Wonder how I didn't notice last time. The CONSTANT shaking is absolutely horrible.

Now, this time I was tempted to turn off. It's essentially the same movie again with another twist in the story. And it just isn't enough for a third time in a row. This even has sequences carbon copied from part two. Would have been better to make one movie instead of two. Maybe even make one 2 1/2 hour movie instead of three and stretching everthing out to the max.

[spoiler] Plus they implied something happened between Nicky and Jason in the past. Why ? Because there has to be some male/female relationship ? The even made her dye her hair black and cut it short like Marie did in the first. That's lame. [/spoiler]

So, overall not that great a trillogy from my point of view.

Not bad. Though the time frame is a bit confusing at times. Part same time period as the beginning of the previous movie, part immediately after the showdown in Russia but before contacting Landry in New York, part immediately after said contact. Does that make sense to you? No? It didn't to me me neither. Just enjoy it for what it is.

It’s funny how people think of these movies as ‘realistic’.
Do people actually think an American intelligence agency is capable of pulling live footage out of a camera in a train station in London? Within like 5 minutes? Not to forget that this takes place in a pre smartphone era.
I know that paranoia and anxiety were a big part of culture post 9/11, and these movies play into that, but they’re far from being realistic.
I’d say they’re grounded, and it’s got a director at the helm who’s really good at selling the heightened stuff.

Having said that, this is one of the most thrilling and tense films I’ve seen.
Paul Greengrass is a master of building tension through visceral camerawork.
Sure, there’s a lot of handheld and shaky cam, but that style actually works in this film’s favour, because Greengrass knows how to use it without loosing a sense of clarity.
The story is again very solid, it’s got a surprising amount of memorable dialogue, the acting is solid, interesting characters, John Powell’s score is iconic, and there just isn’t a single dull moment.
High octane action filmmaking at its finest.

9/10