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The Bourne Ultimatum
Sep 16, 2007 by
The third film in Jason Bourne’s quest to find himself. As usual with these kinds of film – action / thriller – I put my brain into neutral and cruised. The first 80% was one long action sequence and had one of the best fight-in-a-bathroom sequences I have for sometime. It got to the point where I wondered how it would end. How it ended was a bit of a disappointment. Bourne is the product of brain washing – by the flashbacks, using some Gregory-Peck-Manchurian-Candidate techniques. Despite the best that Bourne’s former colleagues can throw at him, Bourne wins through some spectacular fights and crashes. In the end, it felt like Die Hard (1,2,3 or 4.0) mets the Manchurian Candidate.
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Die Hard 4.0
This the fourth film in the “Die Hard” series and the ‘4.0′ is an obvious tip towards the Internet – signalling that its is all about the use of the Internet to take over the critical infrastructure of the United States of America; or is it ?
As is usual with these kinds of movies I switched my brain into neutral and unload my disbelief modules. Thus prepared I enjoyed two hours or so of light entertainment.
Towards the end of the movie, it struck me that the plot was just the old ‘evil wizard wishes to take over the kingdom, and must kill any wizard who might be powerful enough to oppose them, and uses magic and swords for hire to do so, enter the old paladin and apprentice wizard who needs a moral centre’ … pant pant … plot.
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