One of the worst "realistic" action movies ever produced

Rating: 2/10 (9 March 2010)

How, oh how, can I movie that presents itself as "realistic action" that features 50 officially recognized goofs get a rating of 8.2? Simple: viewers have essentially no standards for what comprises an effective action movie.
There are essentially two routes that an action movie can take to be successful: -It can be cheesy, fast, fun, over-the-top and unbelievable with larger than life characters.
-It can be rough, raw, intense, realistic, and stay within the confines and limitations of real people.
These two sub-genres of action should be mutually exclusive. The Bourne Ultimatum tries, unsuccessfully, to blend the two together in what can only be described as a train-wreck of a movie. The plot is a mix of sensible ordeals and unrealistic conspiracy that plays off in an unsatisfying manner. The action scenes are beyond amateurish - hits don't look real, the camera jumps around to avoid showing just how bad the actors are at conveying action, and the editing is perhaps the worst I have ever seen in a high-budget production. My grandmother could throw together a better action scene on her personal computer.
This is perhaps one of the most thoroughly unenjoyable movies I have ever had the misfortune of viewing in the theater. It wasn't smart, it wasn't fun, it wasn't funny, I felt no sense of danger, and the plot was very predictable. Adding to all of that, there are numerous errors in consistency that seriously tear down the fourth wall. Easily the worst in a trilogy of mediocre films, the other two are at least watchable...this feels like getting hit in the face with a hammer and having to sit through an amateur editing project.