The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Writers (WGA):

Tony Gilroy (screenplay) and
Scott Z. Burns (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

3 agosto 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

Frase comercial:

This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home

Plot:

Bourne dodges new, superior assassins as he searches for his unknown past while a government agent tries to track him down.

Plot Keywords:

Book | Part Of Trilogy | Shot In The Chest | Score Employs Electronic Instruments | London

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 20 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Edge of the seat stuff

Cast

Matt Damon	...	Jason Bourne
Julia Stiles	...	Nicky Parsons
David Strathairn	...	Deputy Director Noah Vosen
Scott Glenn	...	CIA Director Ezra Kramer
Paddy Considine	...	Simon Ross
Edgar Ramirez	...	Paz
Albert Finney	...	Dr. Albert Hirsch
Joan Allen	...	Pamela Landy
Tom Gallop	...	Tom Cronin
Corey Johnson	...	Wills
Daniel Brühl	...	Martin Kreutz
Joey Ansah	...	Desh
Colin Stinton	...	Neal Daniels
Dan Fredenburgh	...	Jimmy
Lucy Liemann	...	Lucy

También conocida como:

Bourne Ultimatum, Das (Germany)
Bourne: El ultimátum (Argentina) [es]
Ultimátum de Bourne, El (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of action.

Duración:

115 min

País:

USA | Germany

Idioma:

English | French | Arabic | Russian | Español

Color:

Color (DeLuxe) (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

Italy:T | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | New Zealand:M | Singapore:PG | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Ireland:12A | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | South Korea:12 | Norway:15 | Czech Republic:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43741) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

In the Tangier chase scene Nicky and Desh are seen pushing past the citizens. These are not extras; Tangier was too crowded and the flow of the people was hard to control, hence the two actors are genuinely pushing through the crowd.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the last and most spectacular window-to-window jump scene in Tangier, Bourne is holding a gun in his right hand when he jumps off. The immediately following in-air shot from below shows him with the gun in the right hand still, but the next in-air shot from behind shows him with no gun in the right hand while his left hand is covered by his body. When Bourne crash-lands, neither his hand is holding the gun any more, but then he stands up to fight Desh, and the gun suddenly returns into his right hand.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Russian dispatch officer: Suspect from tunnel auto chase, heading east from Kievsky Train Station.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Bourne Ultimatum: T4 Movie Special (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)

Edge of the seat stuff

Jason Bourne sits in a dusty room in with blood on his hands, trying to make sense of what he's just done. Meanwhile, a CIA chief in NYC outlines the agency's response to what's just happened on screen. An American flag stands proudly on the centre of his desk in the foreground of the shot, but as he speaks, it slips out of focus as his plan veers into morally dubious territory, as if it doesn't want to be associated with the course of action the government man decides is necessary in the interests of national security.

This shot effectively captures the mood of the film. As well as portraying Bourne's quest to find out how he became Jason Bourne, Ultimatum is also an examination of the human costs of the measures taken to protect us in the interests of stability and security.

It is also probably the best film you'll see in the cinema this year.

It's just so intense. Bourne says to Simon Ross (Considine) "This isn't some newspaper story, this is real" and in the audience you almost believe him. The camera shakes, but remains steady enough for you to see everything and feel like you're there with Bourne as he tries to elude his pursuers, and the performances are so good that these guys seem as though they are the characters they're portraying, instead of just being actors performing well-written roles. The action scenes are so brutally fast-paced and well choreographed that they seem instinctive instead of planned to the minutest movement; the stunt-work is nothing short of amazing.

The pacing is just incredible. It keeps driving forward towards its conclusion, but not so fast that it leaves you struggling to piece together the plot; the script delivers the information you need as quickly and clearly as possible before moving on to the next tense action set-piece. While they're often simple (the Waterloo sequence is essentially just a man on a phone being watched by a man on a phone) they're charged with such dramatic intensity that you can't take your eyes off them. The film is just so focused on powering forwards that you can't help being swept along by it.

With its intense action set-pieces, brilliantly paced storyline, and intelligent examination of the decisions made in the name of national security, the Bourne series is one that accurately captures the ambiguities of our age. Ultimatum is its peak.