Matt Damon is no longer a Streisand; the first two films in the Jason Bourne trilogy established that. But in The Bourne Ultimatum, Paul Greengrass's frenetic third installment of the amnesiac spy series, Damon adds a touch of vulnerability we haven't seen before. In the first Bourne, we saw him fall in love; in the second, we saw him grieve; in this one, we see him grappling with who he is, who he was, and what he's going to become.
It's heady stuff, and that doesn't even touch on the plot, involving a CIA cover-up, agent betrayals, and verbiage even Jack Ryan couldn't decode. Ultimatum is perhaps the least accessible in the series, but it's also the most thrilling. It's a dazzling display of choreography, editing and in-the-trenches camerawork. In other words, it's a Paul Greengrass film. Ultimatum is the best action movie of the year, and on the short list for best of the decade. We don't want to spoil the ending for anyone who has yet to see it, but there's more than a chance we'll see Damon - and Bourne - again soon.
But not soon enough.
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