The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

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.

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Writers:

Tony Gilroy (screenplay), Scott Z. Burns (screenplay),

Stars:

Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez

Top 250 #183 | Won 3 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 27 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Damon	...	Jason Bourne
Julia Stiles	...	Nicky Parsons
David Strathairn	...	Noah Vosen
Scott Glenn	...	Ezra Kramer
Paddy Considine	...	Simon Ross
Édgar Ramírez	...	Paz
Albert Finney	...	Dr. Albert Hirsch
Joan Allen	...	Pam Landy
Tom Gallop	...	Tom Cronin
Corey Johnson	...	Wills
Daniel Brühl	...	Martin Kreutz
Joey Ansah	...	Desh
Colin Stinton	...	Neal Daniels
Dan Fredenburgh	...	Jimmy
Lucy Liemann	...	Lucy

Storyline

Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him.

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Plot Keywords:

memory | dark past | assassination | newspaper | assassin | 

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Taglines:

Remember everything. Forgive nothing.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of action

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es] Paramount [fr]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English French Arabic Russian Spanish

Release Date:

3 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bourne: El ultimátum

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£6,553,704 (UK) (17 August 2007)

Gross:

$227,137,090 (USA) (22 November 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Motion Picture BETA Produktionsgesellschaft, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Neil Daniels (Colin Stinton) was also a CIA employee in the movie Spy Game as Henry Pollard.

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Goofs

In the Waterloo scene, Bourne walks from right to left but an upshot shows a camera rotating left to right, obviously missing him. However, on the next shot we can see on a monitor an image of Bourne buying a cell phone from a shop.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Russian dispatch officer: Suspect from tunnel auto chase, heading east from Kievsky Train Station.

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Connections

References The Living Daylights (1987)
Bourne jumps from one roof to another while being chased by the police in Tangiers,just like Bond did

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Soundtracks

"Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)"
Written, Produced and Performed by Moby
Courtesy of Mute Ltd.

User Reviews

May be the best action movie I've ever seen

This is the first 10 out of 10 that I've given any movie. What made this movie so good for me? Constant action - there isn't any slow parts, great acting, smart writing. I also liked the filming style where the shakiness and different angles just made it feel like you are a part of the scene. Finally, I get to see an action movie that doesn't try to please all sectors of the public (i.e. there's no forced romance).

I liked the first two Bourne movies, but I loved this one.

Warning - after watching this movie, you will be full of adrenaline and you may want to calm down a bit before driving your car!