Bourne 3: Saving the Earth by Re-Cycling

Rating: 6/10 (6 August 2007)

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (B-3) is the third installment in the series (after B-1 and B-2). It helps greatly to have seen the previous two if you want to follow the plot, but it might also be an advantage to have NOT seen the previous two if you don't want to know basically everything that will happen during the film.
SPOILERS BELOW:
B-3 uses the same plot devices as the first two movies, it just shifts the locations and the people involved. There are the now requisite fight, car chase, and sniper scenes. Two scenes from B-2 in particular are replicated in B-3: (1) Jason Bourne spies on a CIA office from across the street, and (2) there is a grueling car crash involving Bourne and "the bad guy." There are several flashback, memory, dream sequences, some of which are new, and others are from B-1 and B-2 to help those new to the series to understand what occurred previously. Like I said, B-3 re-cycles both plot elements and actual scenes from the previous two.
Memo to Jason Bourne: If you're on the run and attempting to hide, please turn to page 3 of the "Super Spy Handbook" and re-read the section on disguises. Apparently only females are allowed to color and cut their hair to alter their look. One would think that a super duper spy like Jason Bourne (who in the first film had colored contacts and was shown with his hair dyed) would either shave his head, or let his hair grow long. Perhaps he could sport some glasses or sunglasses. How about growing a goatee, mustache, or beard? Heck, drop by the local joke shop and buy some Groucho Marx nose/glasses!!! Wear a hat! Anything, instead of keeping your exact same mug and looking directly into the not hidden cameras! Memo to CIA: Go to Home Depot at your first opportunity and buy some venetian blinds for your offices. In case you haven't figured it out by now, any kid with a toy telescope can spy on you from the office building across the street.
Memo to Real CIA: Disregard the previous comment directed at the script writers. I'm sure in the real world you're competent enough to keep your curtains drawn.
WARNING!!!
CAUTION!!!
MEGA SPOILER BELOW:
Do NOT read further if you do not want to know how this movie ends. Okay you've been warned, and I will continue to babble so that someone does not inadvertently look at the spoiler. Here goes: JasonBournesurvivesAtenStoryFallintotheEastRiverinNewyorkcity. He must be kin to Johnny Weissmuller (see "Tarzan's New York Adventure"). ThisSetsupthePossibilityofB-4.
Conclusions:
(1) I give this movie 6 out of 10 stars, or 2 out of 4, or 3 out of 5, and (2) wait for the DVD.