If you like action flicks this is a 100% guaranteed hit

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2007)

I've always enjoyed action movies and yet some disappointment me. They can't be silly, cartoonish, or lacking in plot for me to be thrilled. The fourth die hard movie was OK, but I wouldn't watch it again. that having been said, the Bourne Ultimatum is BY FAR the best of the three Bourne movies (and I loved them all). I read all of the books and was predictably slightly disappointed at what was left out of the first movie, but even a Ludlum fan has to eat up this movie. they used some great film making techniques i don't remember from previous action movies. In most action films, a car crash for example will be run in slow motion, or rerun from different angles. In Bourne, each action sequence was run once, at full speed in real time and in linear time sequence. It actually made it difficult and sometimes impossible to know exactly what was happening, which way in the building or scene you were facing, who was winning, etc. You might think this would be annoying but in fact it caused me to feel the emotions of actually being in the situation (versus watching entertainment). While even great action movies are usually far fetched, this was as realistic and believable as you get because of the Director's film making techniques. Take all of the my favorite action movies (Die hard, Raiders, Lethal Weapon, pale rider, Terminator 2) and not only does this beat them all, it beats all sequels in besting their originals (including term 2). The only possible reason you wouldn't like this movie is you hate action flicks.