The Bourne Ultimatum Critic Reviews
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Based upon 14 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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The movies are smart -- smarter than you, but not in an off-putting way. Their basic appeal, especially this new one, is that Matt Damon’s killing machine, Jason Bourne, is the cleverest man on earth. And we thrill to his sense of superiority.Read the full review
You sit there, and the action assaults you, and using words to re-create it would be futile. What actually happens to Jason Bourne is essentially immaterial. What matters is that SOMETHING must happen, so he can run away from it or toward it.Read the full review
A spectacular windup toy of a thriller -- a contraption made by an artist.Read the full review
It says something about Paul Greengrass' directing style that he's able to make a movie as fresh and frank as The Bourne Ultimatum from a genre as moldy and bombastic as the spy thriller.Read the full review
The Bourne Ultimatum provides a lot more suspense and tension than "Transformers" could hope for.Read the full review
The movie is thunderously exciting, but what makes it resonate is the wrenching story we read on Damon's face. We've waited all summer for a wild ride to grab us with more than jolts. Now it's here. Hang on.Read the full review
A thoughtful, satisfying action thriller.Read the full review
Feels fresher, leaner, and faster than any action movie in years.Read the full review
Audiences will eat it up: This is a postmillennial spy-action movie pitched to a large international audience. You hardly need subtitles.Read the full review
Mr. Greengrass knows how to do his job, and there’s no one in Hollywood right now who does action better, who keeps the pace going so relentlessly, without mercy or letup, scene after hard-rocking scene.Read the full review
