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The Bourne Ultimatum, the third installment in the Bourne series based on Robert Ludlum’s novel. The Bourne Ultimatum is an eye peeling, edge of your seat action romp that leaves the audience feeling they ran around, chasing Jason Bourne through the streets.
A mysterious man meets with Simon Ross, a reporter to bring to light top secret government programs. Ross (Paddy Considine) also runs stories about Jason Bourne. Bourne realizes that Ross may have answers to his questions. Bourne sets up a meet with Ross to discuss how Ross comes by his information. After avoiding the bad guys, a series of decisions leaves Bourne (Matt Damon) alone again, but this time, with Ross’s notes. He follows the notes where they take him. While Bourne is with Ross, government bad guy Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) is trying to find out who is leaking top secret information. He is willing to do anything to find and kill the leak. Agent Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) gets stuck in the middle. There are explosions, fights, Morocco, and clever out-maneuvering.
The Bourne Ultimatum is stuffed like road kill with outstanding action sequences. Stunt Coordinator Dan Bradley, Fight Choreographer Nick Chopping, and Assistant Fight Coordinator Jonathan Eusebio should be incredibly proud of their creation. Their work, so much more than the director, makes this film such a spectacle to watch. The fights look like if the actors were just one millisecond off, they’d be toast. The fists, the feet and the improvised weapons were flying. The scenes in Morocco are dazzling; roof to patio, through windows, and through unsuspecting stranger’s homes. Dan Bradley has got to be proud of chase scenes using cars in different and surprising ways. I would be dismayed to shun the actors in the movie, but the stunt actors should be as praised as the face actors in The Bourne Ultimatum. The stunt people, the stunt coordinators and the fight coordinators deserve nothing less than a perfect score. They put the up in this shoot-em-up!
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