The Bourne Ultimatum

I caught "The Bourne Ultimatum" with the guys ("new" Steve and Noah) this past weekend. I was looking forward to the third installment of the Bourne series. The first two were full of action and maintained a fairly stable plot line. The action scenes were pretty intense as well. With this in mind I sat down with some preconceived notions that this would be a kick ass movie.

Unfortunately, we spent too long drinking our beers and were forced to sit in the second row of the theater. Ouch, my neck still hurts! The original cast of characters is back in full force (Matt Damon, Julia Styles, Joan Allen, etc.) with a bunch of new faces.

The storyline is fairly basic: Bourne returns home to the United States to find the answers to the many questions that fog his mind. However that basic story line is of course thrown out the window as Bourne is forced to go on a rampage across Europe before making the trek back to New York City.

Overall the movie was pretty good, I would rate a 4.5 out of 5. The .5 deduction for the nauseating car chase scenes in which the camera shakes so horribly bad the screen is blurred and it is hard to determine what the hell is going on. Of course my view was already skewed having to sit in the second row. Definitely a movie to see on the big screen.