I cannot recommend seeing this movie in a theater

Rating: 4/10 (5 August 2007)

You may remember that in Supremacy, they used "shaky cam" in the fight scenes. Well, in Ultimatum, they take it to the next level.
The entire movie is in shaky cam. They zoom in on a piece of paper that offers some clue as to what's happening; but you won't be able to read it because the camera shakes so much.
I hear that the action scenes were really cool, and the movie has one of the best car chases ever. I wouldn't know. The actions scenes were just a series of nausea-inducing blurs. I had to look away to keep from getting sick. It was as if the camera man was filming the scene in the middle of a full blown grand-mal seizure while holding the camera at the end of one of those flexible tent poles used for dome tents.
Compound that with a propensity for rapid zoom cuts. That is, the camera zooms in quickly and a millisecond later, the film cuts to an entirely different shot...all while shaking.
Maybe the film could be watched on a small television or on a large one but from really far away. But not in the theater. Not without some Dramamine.
I think it might have had good acting -- it sounded good. Also, the story seemed to be cool. But nothing makes up for the crappy photo work. I'm giving it a 4 instead of a 1 because I really like the character and story. And I love Albert Finney.
I recommend they use this film in film school as an example of what not to do.