A Fitting End To The Trilogy

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2008)

I enjoyed "Identity" and, frankly, was not blown away by "Supremacy," which left me really unsure what to expect out of "Ultimatum." What I found was a very entertaining and suspenseful movie that in some ways I thought was even better than the original. The loose ends that were left there (necessarily in order to keep the trilogy going) were pretty much tied up here, and Matt Damon gave another great performance in the role of Jason Bourne, in this continuing story of the mystery surrounding Bourne's identity and the CIA's involvement in turning him into this dangerous weapon. Supporting performances from David Strathairn and Joan Allen were also very good. The end of the movie clearly seems to leave open the possibility of future sequels (something along the lines of "The Continuing Adventures of Jason Bourne" I guess) which I personally wish they would leave alone and simply be satisfied with a very successful trio of movies, but which is apparently already under development. Hardcore fans of action movies will be thrilled with that, I suppose, but I personally think the character has done as much as we could expect from him, and that we should be left with good memories of the trilogy rather than what is probably the inevitable slow descent into more and more ridiculous stories.
This third movie, however, was a lot of fun. 8/10