The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. 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, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen

Won 3 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 41 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
Edgar Ramírez	...	Paz (as Edgar Ramirez)
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 | flashback | blockbuster | surprise ending | 

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Taglines:

This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home

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Genres:

Action | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of action

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Spain] Paramount [France]

Country:

USA Germany France Spain

Language:

English French Arabic Russian Spanish

Release Date:

3 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bourne Ultimatum

Filming Locations:

Woolwich - Arsenal Station, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$69,283,690, 5 August 2007

Gross USA:

$227,471,070

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$444,100,035

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tony Gilroy, the main screenwriter of the earlier Bourne films, was hired by the studio to write a draft of the script to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). Universal greenlit the film based on the draft, but Gilroy didn't do any revisions or re-writes because he was committed to his directing debut, Michael Clayton (2007). In 2011, Matt Damon accused Gilroy of writing a quick draft for money and then leaving the project in turmoil. Damon called the original draft "unreadable" and a potential "career ender" for Gilroy, also saying that Gilroy arbitrated to get sole screenwriting credit before the movie came out (the Writers Guild of America turned the request down). Later Damon said it was "idiotic" for him to "blurt out" anything about the subject, since it was between him and Gilroy (either they figure it out, or won't). In 2012, Gilroy said that he and Damon haven't spoken to each other "in years", although Gilroy later co-wrote The Great Wall (2016), which starred Damon.

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Goofs

The Chevrolet Impala police car driven by Jason Bourne executes sudden slides and, on several occasions, is shown to "lock" the front or rear brakes and wheels. All Impala police vehicles are equipped with anti-lock brakes, which would make this behavior impossible.

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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

Featured in The Bourne Ultimatum: Desh's Journey Through Morocco (2007)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

I've never seen such an impressive action movie in my LIFE

Having not seen the previous two in the trilogy of Bourne movies, I was a little reluctant to watch The Bourne Ultimatum.

However it was a very thrilling experience and I didn't have the problem of not understanding what was happening due to not seeing the first two films. Each part of the story was easy to understand and I fell in love with The Bourne Ultimatum before it had reached the interval! I don't think I have ever watched such an exquisitely made, and gripping film, especially an action film. Since I usually shy away from action and thriller type movies, this was such great news to me. Ultimatum is one of the most enthralling films, it grabs your attention from the first second till the last minute before the credits roll.

Matt Damon was simply fantastic as his role as Jason Bourne. I've heard a lot about his great performances in the Bourne 1+2, and now, this fabulous actor has one more to add to his list. I look forward to seeing more of his movies in the future.

The stunts were handled with style - each one was done brilliantly and I was just shocked by the impressiveness of this movie. Well done.