And so Jason Bourne’s story draws to a conclusion with the explosive The Bourne Ultimatum, or at least that is how they want you to believe the story ends. Sadly, I am at odds with the “proper” critics over Bourne’s last stand. Rotten Tomatoes places it over 90%, Metacritic lags behind in the 80’s. Both of which, I feel are just a little bit too high.
My problem with it is that it’s trying to be too much. It’s trying to take everything that’s good about the first two films and roll them into one. You can see, littered throughout the film, an overriding desire from the filmmakers to ensure they’ve crossed every t, dotted every i and joined every dot. They knew they are completing the circle of his story and nothing will stop them from getting back to the start.
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