The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Writers (WGA):

Tony Gilroy (screenplay) and
Scott Z. Burns (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home

Plot:

Bourne dodges new, superior assassins as he searches for his unknown past while a government agent tries to track him down.

Plot Keywords:

Car Accident | Orchestral Music Score | Flashback Sequence | Part Of Trilogy | Loss Of Loved One

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Matt Damon	...	Jason Bourne
Julia Stiles	...	Nicky Parsons
David Strathairn	...	Deputy Director Noah Vosen
Scott Glenn	...	CIA Director Ezra Kramer
Paddy Considine	...	Simon Ross
Edgar Ramirez	...	Paz
Albert Finney	...	Dr. Albert Hirsch
Joan Allen	...	Pamela Landy
Tom Gallop	...	Tom Cronin
Corey Johnson	...	Wills
Daniel Brühl	...	Martin Kreutz
Joey Ansah	...	Desh
Colin Stinton	...	Neal Daniels
Dan Fredenburgh	...	Jimmy
Lucy Liemann	...	Lucy

Also Known As:

Bourne Ultimatum, Das (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of action.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | French | Arabic | Russian | Spanish

Colour:

Colour (DeLuxe) (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:M | Italy:T | Czech Republic:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:U | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43741) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Sweden:11 | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Norway:15 | South Korea:12 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The film crew were unable to shut down Waterloo station, so pedestrians in the station can be seen looking and pointing at the camera.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Most fax machines scan before sending. All Vosen had to do was punch cancel and the fax would not be sent.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Russian dispatch officer: Suspect from tunnel auto chase, heading east from Kievsky Train Station.

Movie Connections:

Features The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Soundtrack:

Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)

Bourne Again Fan

"The Bourne Ultimatum" begins recklessly mid-chase and in pulse-pounding fashion explodes from there as Jason Bourne (Matt Damon, absolutely superb) tracks down the masterminds behind the CIA black-ops that turned him into the perfect killer in a final attempt to learn his true identity. A devastatingly icy David Strathairn as the "man behind the curtain" is added to the returning cast of regulars including Joan Allen (excellent) and Julia Stiles (non-existent).

Like the second entry in the series, I wished Paul Greengrass' shaky hand-held camera would go static at least for the few minutes of downtime. However, that being said, it's a perfect way to capture the tense, claustrophobic feel of the intimate hand-to-hand-combat scenes and works equally well in the chase scenes which are mostly on foot and across rooftops with the occasional big car pile-up. Part of the fun of the Bourne series is the constant globe-hopping and manipulation of technology and communications that seem to defy the laws of physics and current capabilities. The Bourne films seem to exist in some sort of gritty hyper-reality that is full of technological-based magic. It makes no sense that everyone seems to be just in the right place at the right time, but I'll be damned if it isn't a blast to watch them get there.

With the absence of the emotive and involving Franka Potente, the writers attempt to create some emotional connection between Damon and Stiles, but she is so blank-faced an actress it never really leads to anything. Still, this can be forgiven, for unlike the "Identity" and the "Supremacy", this "Ultimatum" reveals all and we finally learn the truth about Bourne's past. It's an entertaining and satisfying conclusion to the series, and if they have any good sense, and Damon gets his wish, this will be the perfect end to it.