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(1 - 50) of 55 OFCS Rating: 87% Fresh Page   12   > Next "the true subject of The Bourne Ultimatum is not Bourne's identity, but America's, post-9/11."   musicOMH.com   Anton Bitel A- "From a purely visceral standpoint, The Bourne Ultimatum may be the clincher for fans who want a literal two-hour chase film."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4/5 "As with any last acts, the inevitable clash between mystery solved and said truth's significance offers a sizeable challenge. Here, it creates a compelling and clever espionage thriller."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron A- "An action-thriller that doesn't understand the meaning of pause. Pause has cooties as far as this production is concerned."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "It's all too easy to see that the filmmakers and Damon are coasting when they could be soaring."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti A "Canny dialogue, solid performances, and virtuoso editing and scoring make "The Bourne Ultimatum" a thrill ride you won't soon forget."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Watching the mayhem, Nicky's stunned face mirrors yours. If Bourne's pitiless antics are entertaining, they're also often dreadful."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs A "We're unsure if there's to be a fourth film in the franchise; but if there's not, Jason Bourne's going out in real style."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2/4 "When it's not fast and furious, The Bourne Ultimatum settles for slick and noisy... and it's often hard to tell these two moods apart."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "...one of the most exciting and thoroughly compelling thrillers to emerge in quite some time."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair A- "It's a pure-hearted action-packed frenetic chase film from reel to reel."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "Solid but not overwhelming. If another sequel does happen to be made in the future, Jason could afford to be given a little more meat and complexity."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Como film de acción es excelente, pero todo sucede tan rápido y muchas cosas se resuelven de manera tan fácil (...) que en definitiva sólo interesa por su tenso y enérgico despliegue físico."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "Ultimatum is as lean, efficient, and ruthless as Bourne himself."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "The Bourne Ultimatum is the decisive capper on one of the rare series that will surely get better with time even as we hope to one day look upon its own themes with relic status."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress 4/4 "It's the perfect way to close out such an incredible and influential franchise, period..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. B- "Although the picture doesn't really do much except run and jump and punch and explode, it does all those things extremely well, and is viscerally very exciting."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "When it comes to action, The Bourne Ultimatum trumps the summer's other offerings. While its stunts are no less preposterous than those in Live Free or Die Hard, what The Bourne Ultimatum offers is grittier and more visceral."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "As a masterpiece of editing, camerawork, and multiple-perspective tension-building in the vein of Hitchcock and De Palma, it is testament to the range and depth of what multivaried thrills The Bourne Ultimatum has to offer."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/4 "I don't know that if an action film can, in fact, be art -- but I do know that The Bourne Ultimatum has stuck with me, and will stick with me, in ways that will linger for a while."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 3/10 "Click here to read review"   sumno.com   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 3.5/4 "a satisfying conclusion...to this intelligent series"   Perihelion Journal   Jay Antani 3.5/4 "A full-throttle action thriller that's the culmination of a smashing trilogy."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 8/10 "More fully develops the strain that was glossed over in the previous movie, i.e. the exploration of morality."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 3/4 "Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon team up again in this third - and final? - installment of the reliably thrilling but increasingly repetitious Bourne series."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito "Watching The Bourne Ultimatum is like being strapped to a vibrating bed set on high for two hours in a cheap motel."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 4/5 "o Greengrass aposafinizei ti diafora toy na koynas tin kamera gia na mi blepoyme ti (den) kaneis, kai toy na koynas tin kamera kai na niothoyme ti drasi sta miniggia"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis "It is a given that I would encourage you to see this one."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 4/5 "It's escapism with some substance, and I actually enjoyed it the best of the three films."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 4/4 "Matt Damon gets his Bourne on again in this relentlessly smart and thrilling action masterpiece."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 3.5/4 "It's the rare action picture whose adrenaline-driven thrills neither overshadow the characters nor degenerate into cartoonish preposterousness."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "More of the same, but who said there's anything wrong with that?"   UR Chicago Magazine   Mark Dujsik 5/10 "This film is less interested in good plot than it is in having long, drawn-out action chases of which there are entirely too many."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[A] masterpiece of breathless relentlessness, of spectacular yet lean-and-mean setpieces uncluttered by superfluous digressions or tangents..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "Unlike the implosions usually seen with the third go-round, director Paul Greengrass continues to up the ante for this wholly satisfying wrap-up to the saga."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3.5/4 "With its first-rate acting, sharp screenplay, tight direction, and thrilling action, this is the most satisfying sequel of the season. It's also the best of the Bourne pictures."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "This movie has no pretence of being about anything but the action scenes. Fortunately, the action scenes are choice."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C "A trio of superb cat-and-mouse sequences ... more effectively pinpoint Bourne's psychological anxiety and confusion than Damon's robotic, one-note performance."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 2.5/4 "Greengrass's latest plops on the screen with lots of hi-fi energy but, strangely, very little feeling."   Slant Magazine   Paul Schrodt 3.5/5 "We know Bourne is more or less the baddest dude on the planet, and could probably take on Col. Guile, Sub-Zero, and Liquid Snake at the same time, but maybe enough is enough."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 5/5 "A wildly kinetic thrill-ride that manages to respect your intelligence with smart writing and fine performances while still jolting your adrenaline levels to unsurpassed heights with jaw-dropping action setpieces"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "Greengrass maintains the edgy energy he injected into part two to give us the summer's most intelligent, satisfying blockbuster."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "The Bourne movies are about pursuit and assault; they're perpetual-motion machines. As such, they entertain inside the moment but leave you with few leftovers."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C+ "Slice-n-dices its action so much that it's impossible to tell how much of worth was actually there to begin with."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick B "In many ways, it's no less stylish and no more substantive than Transformers. The only difference is that it assumes the audience is clever enough to keep up with it."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "It has become a kind of standard in the spy action genre."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "...a moving and sometimes gut wrenching account of this latest holocaust. But, with so much focus on Iraq, this fine documentary may fall by the wayside."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4.5/5 "Not only an improvement over its very fine predecessors -- it's easily one of the best movies of the year."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg "A great action movie, exhilarating and neatly crafted, the kind of picture that will still look good 20 or 30 years from now."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek A- "Bourne has gone the distance for three straight films… seals the achievement of a rare action franchise for thinking adults, combining gripping entertainment with an undercurrent of moral seriousness."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. 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