The Bourne Ultimatum

While I enjoyed most of the film, its strength is its weakness: it's got great riveting chase sequences, and we got 3-4 of them, and one of them in the middle section just sort of sags to a finish for me. To ratchet the tension, the film plays very fast and loose with time needed to travel from place to place for the characters, but it's these spots that could have given the film some scenes to catch its breath and build a little more in terms of character development (although, given Bourne's amnesia condition of his former life, I guess that was asking a little too much).

I would have liked more details of Bourne's former life, and the resolution felt a little lightweight considering 3 films are invested in telling his story.

But most folks going into this film know what they want to see: Bourne kicking butt in close-quarter combat, causing diversions on the fly and slipping away from would-be capturers (fun cat-n-mouse spy games), and shaky-cam! At this point, I'm used to Director Greengrass's penchant for hand-held camerawork, so it's just part of the sceney for the Bourne films.

I wanted to like the film a little more than I do, but it's still a solid 2 hours of cinematic entertainment.

I give it 3.5 stars, or a grade of B+.