Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is back as the wayward CIA agent with a bit of a memory problem, in this last installment of the Bourne trilogy. If you have been an avid watcher, you will not be let down. It takes off ten minutes past where the second movie left Bourne, injured in Moscow. If you haven't been watching the first two, you will lack the story which brings closure. However, it is still an action movie, and a good one even if you may miss some of the revelations. This is the ultimate cat and mouse game where the hunter turns into the hunted. On a worldwide chase, Berlin, Paris, London, Madrid and Tangier, the CIA wants to track Bourne while Bourne wants to track himself. His memory has been coming back and he needs help in translating what he sees. All along he basically just kicks a lot of ass on pretty cobblestone streets (except fro New York). The work done in this film is exciting. Damon portrays Bourne as a guy who is neither bad nor good, although he yearns to be good. The action was a bit hard to take because it makes Bourne seem indestructible rather than human. The ensemble includes; David Strathairn (ultimate bad guy), Julia Stiles (waste of an actress) and Joan Allen (in an un-wasted role) make the scaffolding that Damon clings to. There are a bit too many chase scenes (although the whole movie is one big chase scene) and it is flawless in its execution. If you haven't been following the series, you do yourself a favor and watch the first two; it's not mandatory, but it does help make sense of it all. Rating: Damon does a strong performance in a tight thrill ride of a movie.
