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April 26, 2008
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Should I see it?
Nope.



Even if you enjoyed the previous two Bourne films (The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy), which I did not (the entire series is all flash and no substance), this outing is a still an unsatisfying and lifeless disappointment.

Matt Damon (The Good Shepherd) returns as Jason Bourne, an assassin, estranged from the government agency that created him. Once again, the government is trying to kill Bourne, and once again he does battle with a number of faceless assassins, all the time helping a kinda pretty damsel in distress who has been sucked into his little drama. The whole series is tedious stuff and Damon is simply a lame lead for an action film. Its casting like this that makes it possible for guys in their fifties and sixties (Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis) to continue to make action movies. Instead of priming a new generation of masculine actors, Hollywood seems content with pushing softies like Damon. We have to look the elderly actors to remind us of how men used to act before this generation of testes-free heroes took the stage. C'mon, Damon looks like he should be playing touch football with his old college pals down at the park rather than kicking the crap out of a bad guy and standing up for what's right.

Back to the film. If you've seen the previous movies, you've basically seen this one already. If you haven't seen the previous movies, there's still nothing new to warrant your attention. You've seen all of this before in one shape or another in other films. Even if you come to this movie wanting nothing more than to see some thrilling chases or gunfights you'll leave disappointed. Director Paul Greengrass (United 93) has delivered a wholly uninspired and ultimately needless addition to this franchise.

Click on Damon's little pug head to read
Jeff Burton's guest review of this film



Related Review:
Matt Damon movies
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)


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