In the summer of trilogies, like Spider-Man 3, Shrek 3 and Pirates 3, we finally get a trilogy movie worth its weight in gold. Here is my 2 cents on.....The Bourne Ultimatum
We finally get closure for the 3 movie series based on Robert Ludlum's books. Jason Bourne is now remembering things from his past, linking memory strings together to remember his life before the program. Who he was and what happened. He starts making attonement for his sins, for killing people that could of been innocent of being killed by his hand.
As always, the program that created this killing machine is trying to stop him. They send assassin after assassin, but the end result is always the same. Assassins zero, Bourne one!
In this final installment, Bourne is tracking a reporter and his informant that have information about his past. Who he really is and the secret program. Project Black Birch, that has made him Jason Bourne. When Bourne surfaces again, searching for answers and tracking this reporter, the program that is run by the CIA is after him. They kill the informant and the reporter. Finally, with help from Nicki and Pamela Landy give him clues to finding his past. In the end, Bourne confronts the man who made him. Soon,. the secret program is revealed by Landy and the world knows the governments dirty little secret.
Paul Greengrass returns to helm the second of his Bourne movies. After giving us a completely underated United 93 last year, not one director I can think of could balance the non-stop action of this spy thriller. The movie lays an intense foundation with his escape from Russia, amazing car chases and hand to hand combat. The small amount of dialogue from principal characters and the jerky movement of the camera just add to the film itself.
While I do think that the previous film, Bourne Supremecy stands above this film, this was no sad threquel. It is a smart and intense film, and while it does lack the human condition and human emotion that could make me connect to this character, I did feel his pain. A man searching for answers is a powerful force.