The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

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Forgetful former-CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon, pictured) continues his quest to fill in those pesky memory gaps in this third entry in the amnesiac spy canon. When a Guardian reporter, Simon Ross (Paddy Considine), stumbles onto his trail, Bourne spies his chance to blow the Blackbriar black-ops brigade wide open. But with some very powerful people intent on keeping their skeletons buried, he is in more danger than ever before, as his former paymasters send a series of elite killers after their reformed ex-colleague.

Straying from the doomed path of most Hollywood trilogies, Bourne's swansong is the best of the bunch. Delivering breakneck thrills in a series of action set pieces that make the pyrotechnics of lesser action flicks look like Acme cartoons, Ultimatum's exhilarating, white-knuckle adventure will leave viewers gasping for breath. But Bourne is by no means a bland action hero. He may be a killing machine able to transform even a hardback book into a deadly weapon, but Damon infuses him with a sense of vulnerability. In a refreshingly different breed of action thriller, director Paul Greengrass manages to intertwine the resplendent thrills and spills with an intense and intelligent story.

Preview courtesy of Sky

The Bourne Ultimatum is a Film programme that first aired in 2007 and has been rated 12.

The Bourne Ultimatum is a 4 star programme.

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