The Bourne Ultimatum Review

The Bourne Ultimatum


Release Date: 13th August 2007 - Australia (Sydney) (premiere) 


Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)
Motion Picture BETA Produktionsgellschaft (in association with)
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Ludlum Entertainment (in association with)
Bourne Again (uncredited)

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia 


Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 115 minutes


Budget: $110,000,000

Box Office Gross: $442,824,138
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Jason Bourne dodges a
ruthless CIA official and
his agents from a new
assassination program
while searching for the
origins of his life as a
trained killer. 


Cast
Matt Damon - Jason Bourne
Julia Stiles - Nicky Parsons
David Strathairn - Noah
Vosen
Scott Glenn - Ezra Kramer
Paddy Considine - Simon Ross
Edgar Ramirez - Paz
Albert Finney - Dr. Albert
Hirsch
Joan Allen - Pamela Landy
Tom Gallop - Tom Cronin
Corey Johnson - Ray Wills
Daniel Bruhl - Martin Kreutz
Joey Ansah - Desh
Colin Stinton - Neal Daniels
Dan Fredenburgh - Jimmy
Lucy Leimann - Lucy
Mark Bazeley - Betancourt
Sinead O'Keefe - Chamberlain
Charles Venn - Agent Hammond
Scott Adkins - Agent Kiley

Crew
Director - Paul Greengrass
Based on Novel "The Bourne
Ultimatum" - Robert Ludlum
Screen Story/Screenplay -
Tony Gilroy
Screenplay - Scott Z. Burns
and George Nolfi
Executive Producers - Doug
Liman, Henry Morrison and
Jeffrey M. Weiner
Producer/Unit Production
Manager - Patrick Crowley
Producers - Frank Marshall
and Paul Sandberg
Co-Producer - Andrew R.
Tennenbaum
Production Designer - Peter
Wenham
Supervising Art Director - Alan Gilmore
Art Directors - Robert Cowper, Jason Knox-Johnston and Andy Nicholson
Set Decorator - Tina Jones
Costume Designer - Shay Cunliffe
Armourer - Simon Atherton
Director of Photography - Oliver Wood

Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Dan Bradley

Second Unit Director: UK Additional Second Unit - 

Peter MacDonald
Stunt Coordinator (UK) - Gary Powell
Special Effects Supervisor - Joss Williams
Special Effects Coordinator - Csaba Laszlo Eross
Special Effects Coordinator: New York - Steven Kirshoff
Visual Effects Supervisor - Peter Chiang
Digital Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative -
Charlie Noble
CG Supervisors: Double Negative - Mattias Lindahl
and David Vickery
Film Editor - Christopher Rouse
Music - John Powell


Awards

2008 Academy Awards 
Best Film Editing - Christopher Rouse (Won)
Best Sound Mixing - Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis (Won)
Best Sound Editing - Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg (Won)


Review

'THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM' was anticipated by 'Bourne' fans to tie up all the loose ends from the previous two movies. In my opinion, 'ULTIMATUM' is the best of the original three movies. The shaky camerawork was toned down greatly for this sequel. As another conspiracy thriller, the action set-pieces were well-handled, particularly in the fight scene between Bourne and the assassin. The plotting and concept has improved since its predecessor 'Supremacy' which was more action-oriented than a narrative. It adds another layer of groundwork to Damon's debonair acting and Paul Greengrass' cohesive direction to produce an exceptionally balanced hit sequel. As for the loose ends, viewers will have to keep watching the sequels.

In my opinion, this movie should have been explained the mysteries of the character Jason Bourne as the sequels went off on a tangent. 'ULTIMATUM' shows this as it could have been the epic finale that the movie-goers would have wanted. This adds up to another extreme favourite action film in my collection.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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