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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Year: | 2007 |
| Country of origin: | USA / Germany |
| Director: | Paul Greengrass |
| Genre: | Quality action |
| Starring: | Matt Damon, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Albert Finney, Joan Allen |
| Rating: | 5/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440963/ |
| Tagline: | This Summer Jason Bourne Comes Home |
| Favourite line: | "He drove off the roof!" |
The superb Paul Greengrass continues directorial duties for this, the third installment and allegedly the last, at least that's what they said when the film came out but, rumour has it, both Greengrass and Damon have signed up for a new one due 2010.
Well now, Bourne is still on the rampage, determined to discover the truth about his identity and who and what Treadstone is.
A new name is thrown into the mix too, Blackbriar, a top secret project even more highly classified than Treadstone itself, a continuation and expansion of the Treadstone project that saw government sanctioned assassinations of sensitive individuals and even, gasp, American citizens.
Once again, it's breathlessly exciting, the movies plotting draped around three monumentally amazing set-pieces:
One, in London, as Bourne tries to guide his Guardian reporter contact through Waterloo Station whilst avoiding security camera's.
Two, a footbound romp through Marrakesh.
Three, a wonderful sequence in New York that culminates in Bourne finding his way to the source of all his troubles, Treadstone itself.
By now, Damon has made the part his own and, by the way the movie ends, it's difficult to guess how this franchise can be continued. He seems to have cleared up most of the issues that irked him so, as well as bringing the American political machine to its knees.
Very watchable, never dull, this is tour de force action thriller material.
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