by Christianna Garrett-Martin

Created on: January 15, 2008

-The Ultimate Ultimatum-

Directed by Paul Greengrass, and starring Matt Damon. It's production year is 2007. The Bourne Ultimatum is a film in the Action/adventure spy/thriller Genre. It is the third in the series of the Bourne trilogy. The first being the Bourne Identity, and the second The Bourne Supremacy. The film is based on the Bourne trilogy books written by Robert Ludlum.~

-Synopsis-

Jason Bourne ( Matt Damon) the main protagonist, plays a CIA assassin on the run from the government. He is a man with a mission, and a bad case of Amnesia. He is on a constant search for his true identity, and the missing link. The CIA think he is 'the source' of a leak divulging top secret information on operation 'Treadstone', which has been re-named 'Blackbriar' as it's need for secrecy escalated. The CIA issue orders for hit man 'The Asset' to find Bourne and eliminate him. Noah Vosen (David Strathhairn) plays CIA Deputy Director, and he brings in Pamela Landy ( Joan Allen) to assist, and if needs be, be the fall guy if all goes wrong. Bourne has meanwhile heard British Political Journalist Simon Ross ( Paddy Considine) who works for the Guardian Newspaper, he is speaking on television about the evidence he has uncovered regarding operation Treadstone, and consequently, Jason Bourne's past. The CIA realise Simon Ross is in fact 'the source', and issue orders to find and kill both of them, as they are convinced they have, or definitely will, make contact, and at no cost can the CIA have operation Treadstones true purpose uncovered, and during the duration of this film we observe Bourne evading, and outmaneuvering, the deadliest CIA group of highly-trained killers to date. ~

The film opens with a scene of Bourne being chased through the streets of London by the police, and finally escaping into the labyrinth of the Waterloo subway. - The fast pace of the opening sequence is frantic with accompanying music in keeping with the frenzied feel of the footage, and the busy sound of the London traffic, with the crowded streets and scurrying people. The cameras change hurriedly between the screeching traffic, and the Actors. This is fast paced, picture postcard snippets of the story, given in flash back clips, and present day, hardly giving you time to breathe, you are just caught up in the excitement of the fantastic, slick direction of the opening sequence to this film, whilst over and over again, we hear "Will you commit to this programme?" ringing in our ears. ~

The hard hitting

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