Bourne Ultimatum

Rating: 4/10 (15 September 2007)

This is the trilogy of Bourne series. I had read the first novel about two decades ago, and the thrill of the imagining oneself as Bourne still remains with me, so I was excited to see what this new Bourne movie is to deliver.
The story line is wafer thin. CIA Government agents want to kill Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) who is trying to find out about his past. This leads to a global chase from Moscow to London to France to Berlin to Madrid to Morocco to New York (a side mention of India  just in talks). Obviously, in the end Jason Bourne remains unhurt and a winner  super hero! Director Paul Greengrass has maintained the same tempo as Bourne Supremacy. He uses hand held camera work (jarring and giddy) and quick edits (straining and blinding) to communicate a fast pace, but it leaves especially our eyes strained a lot.
As there is no story  there is a lot of actions. So actions lovers would love this movie. The feel one gets after seeing Jason Bourne is a resemblance to James Bond movies (but those have a lot of substance to it). Matt Damon is okay, a bit puffy faced.
Like Indian Bollywood movies  once we keep our brains outside the theatres and being empty-heads, watch this movie  this movie is somewhat enjoyable. Otherwise to accept those stupid globe trotting, easy sneak ins, child-play stunts, scratch-less hero, clichéd villains, perfect predictions of our hero - of cc-TV camera movements and people who follow him, etc. There are so many moments  where you shake your head and say to yourself  okay, this is a stupid movie silly, so do not use your gray cells! Coincidently I saw the movie on 13 Sep. So what? Jason Bourne's birthday was shown as 13 Sep.
As lots of Indian movies show their weird macho society's ego trip  so does this works to satisfy foolish American macho society's alter ego trip.
(Stars 4.5 out of 10)