The Bourne Ultimatum

**** Stars

In a summer of threequels that have mostly failed or have just had moderate success, The Bourne Ultimatum makes every movie this summer look like a cartoon that was rejected from PBS. Not only is this the best movie of the summer, but it may be one of the best action films of the decade.

All Jason Bourne (the always terrific Matt Damon) ever wanted to do was to disappear. Instead, he is one of the most hunted men of his time, and he still doesn't know why. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the beginning and find out who he was. Bourne will hunt down his past in order to find a future. He must travel from Moscow, Paris and London to Tangier and New York City as he continues his quest to find the real Jason Bourne--all the while trying to outmaneuver the scores of cops, federal officers and Interpol agents with him in their cross hairs. Who is Jason Bourne and what has he done? Where did this all begin? The ending will literally blow you away.

The Bourne films just keep getting better and better. Coming of his Oscar Nomination for Best Director with United 93, director Paul Greengrass (who also directed the sequel The Bourne Supremacy) doesn't miss a beat.

Last year's Casino Royale upped the ante to the espionage genre, and this film beats it right back. I guarantee this film will have a spot on my top ten list of films this year as one of summer's best films.