The Bourne Ultimatum

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The Bourne Ultimatum

PG-13

2007

1h 55m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) continues his international quest to uncover his true identity. From Russia to Europe to northern Africa to the United States, he must stay one step ahead of those who would capture or kill him before he has a chance to discover the truth.

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Critics Consensus

The Bourne Ultimatum is an intelligent, finely tuned non-stop thrill ride. Another strong performance from Matt Damon and sharp camerawork from Paul Greengrass make this the finest installment of the Bourne trilogy.

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Philippa Hawker

The Age (Australia)

06/23/2015

4/5

t's full of tension, but it's also disturbing on another level: it's hard not to be reminded of recent events.

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

06/23/2015

If it feels like a non-stop demolition derby, at least there's a responsible driver at the wheel. The British director Paul Greengrass makes everything seem more plausible with twitchy camerawork and even twitchier editing.

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

06/23/2015

2/5

I'm sure a lot of people will find it thrilling. Me, I just wanted to get headache [or] seasickness tablets.

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Sean Axmaker

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01/07/2023

Paul Greengrass, who also directed 'The Bourne Supremacy, continues his rough and ready style of choreographing complex action scenes on location 'and throwing the audience into the middle of the chaos...

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

02/14/2021

Unless the spectator is prepared to relinquish his or her ability to reflect on things almost entirely for two hours or so, Greengrass's film does not stand up to close scrutiny.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

01/31/2021

3/5

Greengrass knows how to shoot action. There is a hand-to-hand combat scene in Morocco that is as exciting, chaotic and violent as any sequence in the Bourne movies, I just wish he had spent more time on the moments between the mayhem.

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Shawn R

@satiable Feb 5

Definitely the best in the series!

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Luis G

@RT14752488 Feb 3

Very much worth watching, just induced me a bit of a headache with the incessant cuts between fighting scenes left and right up and down, it affected my eyes lol.

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César S

@RT60586442 Jan 15

I really liked the ending of this trilogy; it certainly shaped the action movies that came after it.

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Guillermo A

@Guillermo.Almeida Jan 8

The best "ULTIMATUM" ever seen before in a spy saga, always taking the most realistic sense possible (great sample of what the CIA is) xd

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Nicholas t

@nicktalbert2025 Dec 12

the bourne ultimatum is the best action packed movie ever

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C S

@C_underscore Dec 2

This was a pretty good film and as good as the first with Greengrass. Straitharn's character is pretty cardboard, but he does his best with the writing, at least from what I can tell, but it's never satisfying. Damon does a great job, and the continuity of his 'disguise' even after he's blown isn't as bad as in the predecessors. Spoiler alert: when the asset that shot the journalist in London is later dying in the car, he has supposed mortal injuries, facial bleeding, and we see him later within 24 hours, running after Bourne with an umblemished face. Do CIA assets have time to get facials and sleep in a hyperbaric chamber, or do they just get showbiz makeup to hide the blemishes? The action is great, and it's always satisfying when the monster they created (Bourne) one-ups them at nearly every step. Probably a great warning for Artificial Intelligence.

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Synopsis

Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) continues his international quest to uncover his true identity. From Russia to Europe to northern Africa to the United States, he must stay one step ahead of those who would capture or kill him before he has a chance to discover the truth.

Director: Paul Greengrass
Producer: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Paul L. Sandberg
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns, George Nolfi
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Kennedy/Marshall, Universal Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Intense Sequences of Action)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 22, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $227.4M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)