A thrilling conclusion

Rating: 9/10 (8 December 2008)

Having enjoyed the first two Bourne films I looked forward to seeing this one and I wasn't disappointed.
Surprisingly this film opens with Bourne still in Moscow just after the car chase in the previous film; in fact the majority of this film takes place between then and when he telephones Landy in New York as seen at the very end of the previous film. Somebody in the CIA decides to leak certain information to a reporter working for the Guardian; this person makes the mistake of mentioning "Operation Blackbriar" on a mobile phone, this is intercepted by the CIA and they soon have a team ready to pick him up in London. What they don't know is that the person he is planning to meet is none other than Jason Bourne who is still trying to learn about his past. The meet goes wrong when the reporter is shot but Bourne gets his note book which leads him to Madrid where he runs in to Nicky in the apartment of the reporters contact. Soon they are on the run together, following the contact to Tangier. Here we are treated to a dramatic rooftop chase as Bourne and Nicky are chased by the local police and an assassin who has been ordered to kill them both. He then heads to New York where he can finally find out who he really is.
As in the previous films Matt Damon is great as our hero Jason Bourne and Julia Stiles does well in the roll of Nicky, the other actors are convincing too. Once again there is plenty of action which is well directed and we get a nice conclusion to the story.