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'Bourne' Is a Bullet of a Movie

Posted Aug 3, 07 8:51 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  Gossip,  US 

(Newser) – America's favorite amnesiac CIA agent, Jason Bourne, is caught up again in fast-paced and far-flung action in the thinking-man's thriller threequel The Bourne Ultimatum, which critics gave high marks for both psychological acuity and adrenaline. The New York Post calls Ultimatum a "potent PowerBar of a movie—all protein and no fat."

The LA Times gives Matt Damon a lot of the credit for making Ultimatum irresistible, calling his Bourne "the humblest and most relatable existentialist government-made killing machine ever devised." The New Yorker, among others, notes that Damon looks like a bullet, and acts like a bullet—"ricocheting off walls, windows, cars, and fences"—in a movie that moves like a bullet.

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Actor Matt Damon poses as he arrives at the premiere of "The Bourne Ultimatum" at the Harkins Theater, Tuesday, July 31, 2007 in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Ty Russell)   (Associated Press)
Actor Matt Damon, who stars as the amnesiac former assassin Jason Bourne in the new film, "The Bourne Ultimatum" poses Saturday, July 21, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)   (Associated Press)
Universal Pictures provided this photo of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Ultimatum." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures/Jasin Boland)   (Associated Press)
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