Greengrass has the shakes, again

Rating: 8/10 (14 August 2007)

The Bourne Ultimatum could have been a great movie. Unfortunately, it was marred by the director's affinity for the Blair Witch Project. While not as bad as the second movie, the camera shakes again marred what was otherwise a very good movie. The plot, script, action, were all very tight. Casting was great and everyone did their part very well. Matt Damon is oh, so convincing in the role of Jason Bourne and he is, again, the highlight of the film. He carries it through the weak areas and when the action is high, he's in the middle of it. There's plenty of action but much of it loses its punch because of over-editing. Paul Greengrass did a better job on this one than the last, making this the second best of the three. Let's hope he gets over his case of the shakes before someone else trusts him with another script as good as this.