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Bourne Ultimatum
Short plot summary

Jason Bourne (who we find out is really called David Webb), played by Matt Damon, finds out who he is, why he's the way he is, what happened to him before he lost his memory, why he did what he did and who did what to whom etc in an exciting stunt filled movie.

There's a number of efficient fist fights, car crashes and buying of pay-as-you-go ('prepay') mobile (cell) phones along the way, as our $30 million dollar man beats up anyone who gets in his way, apart from three lucky people. See also Bourne Identity (you'll probably have to have seen Bourne Supremacy too before watching this movie to get all of the back history).

What our panel of critics thought

"The scene in London's Waterloo Station is niftily edited so that as soon as a member of the public looks into a camera the camera shoots away. Refreshingly remarkable."

"Is this movie filmed in Chaos Vision? I think we should be told."

"Matt Damon has got one of those heavy-eyed everyman faces that only he and Keifer Sutherland have and can still claim to be a big movie star."

"Is this movie better than TV's epic '24'? For me 24 is the benchmark these days for this kind of action flick and to his credit Bourne manages to get everything sorted out in about 2 hours, whereas Sutherland needs a staggering 24 hours (including commercial breaks) to triumph in the end."

"This movie franchise has a refreshing 'out amongst the people' feeling. The Waterloo station scene is impressive (how many times did they have to stop filming when someone asks for Damon's autograph?) but for me the car crash in New York was the highlight."

"An efficiently cold thriller. It is difficult to warm to Bourne, and to be quite frank even now that we know his real name is David Webb it doesn't make him seem any more friendly. Grumpy Boots."

"The movie tag line for Bourne Supremacy is that James Bond can move over. Well, as far as the various locations are concerned that is fair comment, however there is a lack of warmth to Bourne that one hopes that new 007 Daniel Craig will not emulate. I never realized I would miss Roger Moore's cheesy lines like keeping his pecker up... where did the movies go wrong, where?"

"I have heard rumors that Bourne author Robert Ludlum is about to start work on a fourth Bourne novel. What is this to be called? Bourne Family? Meet The Bournes? Where David sets out to find the family he disowned to become a superagent, kick the ass out of the mother in law and change a few babies diapers?"

Please tell me the ending or whole plot if necessary

Bourne eventually finds out who he is and that he decided to do it so he only has himself to blame for the mess he's made...

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