“The Bourne Ultimatum,” 1 September 2007, theater The tensest and best of this fine action trilogy. We’d just watched the other two on DVD (B3 had never seen them). There’s lots of inter-textual stuff, so it actually would be good to see them again before you watch this. Jason Bourne sets out to find out who he is and how he became this way. Many of the same players return: Matt Damon evolves quickly into a superhero, a good terminator seeking justice, Joan Allen as the CIA assistant director (tough but honest, well mostly) who I think is slightly miscast, Julia Siles as Nicky Parsons, the former Treadstone manager become Bourne advocate. New players include David Straithorn as the new evil CIA man who believes he can and should kill those he sees as threats to his nation by any definition, Albert Finney as the evil CIA scientist who designed the whole programming plan, and Scott Glenn as the duplicitous new Director of the CIA. Amazing fight and chase scenes. All over Europe, Moscow, Tangier, and finally NYC. I know many folks felt this overblown and overly serious, but I really enjoyed the series. That said, he’s too perfect and powerful to take anymore, although we learn much more about his past and it’s really interesting and shocking. A fine series that should end on this note. Sayonara Bourne. RIP.