The sound in the movie is also exciting. Christopher Assells, the sound effects editor, editing gives the fight scenes credibility. Either director Paul Greengrass or Assells made the brilliant decision to make the fights sans music. That coupled with the outstanding foley in the beautifully choreographed fight scenes make the audience unable to look away and afraid to look!

Matt Damon is an action hero when he steps into Jason Bourne’s skin. I was surprised by the depth of the plot and a good deal of my surprise was due to Damon’s acting. How do you make a person who can’t remember why he’s fighting so adamant about the fight without making him a fighting zombie? Damon does it with such precision. He gives Bourne a rich depth of character for a character who can’t remember his past.

The supporting cast is fine. I wish I could say more. Their scripts are dull and can sometimes be downright cheesy. David Strathairn is unfortunately saddled with the worst character in the movie, evil-in-charge-agent-man, Noah Vosen. The character uses so many cheese-log-esque lines, I wonder if the writers, Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns, George Nolfi, and Tony Gilroy actually read his lines out loud. Was the director there when Strathairn was saying the lines? While they may be accurate to what a person in his position might actually say, it feels trite. The best supporting character, in my opinion is the asset at the end of the movie.

Even with the moments of eye rolling cliché, I liked the story in The Bourne Ultimatum. I often have figured out movie’s endings fifteen minutes in, especially in spy-action movies. I didn’t figure out the ending before the reveal at the end.

The Bourne Ultimatum should not be missed in the theater; it would lose a great deal of the splendor and spectacle if you waited for DVD. This movie is worth the cost of admission.