2008 Woodie Awards
Movie Review: The Bourne Ultimatum
Rachel Mayhew
Issue date: 9/7/07 Section: Features
In the movie industry, it is difficult to find a movie that can keep a viewer's adrenaline pumping whilst keeping their thirst for creative storytelling quenched.
The Bourne Ultimatum is one of those rare movies that not only delivers the thrills but is able to provide a powerful piece of storytelling as well, which is an element that is lacking from many of the movies being made today.
In the third of the Bourne installments, Jason Bourne, played by Matt Damon, is beginning to put pieces together of the past that he so desperately wants to remember and is starting to put pieces of the incomplete puzzle together.
One of the main forces driving his newfound motivation, aside from the fact he is beginning to remember, is a journalist that pops up who knows more than he should about some of the dirty little secrets that the government is hiding.
The columns that the journalist writes about the project help spur some of Bourne's memories and this encourages him to find the reporter and get more information from him. One of the problems in the movie is finding out exactly who is feeding this information to the journalist.
The CIA learns of the information which is being made public and looks to find ways to put an end to it, but with the newly spotted Jason Bourne, things begin to become incredibly interesting. Leading the pack is CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen, who is played by the brilliant David Strathairn.
Strathairn plays the role of Vosen to perfection, managing to show exactly how heartless people can be but at the same time showing his incredible range of emotions.
The movie manages to piece together tidbits of information from the first two movies in a wonderful way, clues from the first two do add up in what may be the final installment of the movies.
While some may want to see it without seeing the first two, it would not be a smart move. The movie is written well enough for those people to follow along, but it would be more beneficial to see the first two in order to be able to successfully grasp the storyline and the character of Jason Bourne and what he has been through in the past couple of years.
The Bourne Ultimatum is one of those rare movies that not only delivers the thrills but is able to provide a powerful piece of storytelling as well, which is an element that is lacking from many of the movies being made today.
In the third of the Bourne installments, Jason Bourne, played by Matt Damon, is beginning to put pieces together of the past that he so desperately wants to remember and is starting to put pieces of the incomplete puzzle together.
One of the main forces driving his newfound motivation, aside from the fact he is beginning to remember, is a journalist that pops up who knows more than he should about some of the dirty little secrets that the government is hiding.
The columns that the journalist writes about the project help spur some of Bourne's memories and this encourages him to find the reporter and get more information from him. One of the problems in the movie is finding out exactly who is feeding this information to the journalist.
The CIA learns of the information which is being made public and looks to find ways to put an end to it, but with the newly spotted Jason Bourne, things begin to become incredibly interesting. Leading the pack is CIA Deputy Director Noah Vosen, who is played by the brilliant David Strathairn.
Strathairn plays the role of Vosen to perfection, managing to show exactly how heartless people can be but at the same time showing his incredible range of emotions.
The movie manages to piece together tidbits of information from the first two movies in a wonderful way, clues from the first two do add up in what may be the final installment of the movies.
While some may want to see it without seeing the first two, it would not be a smart move. The movie is written well enough for those people to follow along, but it would be more beneficial to see the first two in order to be able to successfully grasp the storyline and the character of Jason Bourne and what he has been through in the past couple of years.
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