Awesome and smart action thriller. Best in the trilogy yet!
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The Bourne Ultimatum
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Bourne comes home, full-speed. Best yet.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14–15
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Bourne Ultimatum
Parents need to know that this film features wall-to-wall action, much of it violent, causing repeated, bloody injuries to Bourne. The film includes car chases and crashes, explosions, fights, falls from great heights, smashes through windows, and murders (hand-to-hand, by gunfire), as well as images of dead bodies. The plot involves high tech surveillance and a dastardly, secret CIA program, and the hero comes to distrust his (U.S.) government (that said, Senate hearings at film's end lead to arrests of "rogue agents"). Language includes "s--t," "damn," and "hell."
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about Bourne's sense of betrayal: How does he come to see himself as a tool, created and used by the CIA, and how does his moral sense lead him to challenge his "employers"? Why might it be significant that Bourne is helped by the two women agents, who both question their boss' efforts to cover up the secret program? How does Bourne's amnesia make him different from most other, very self-secure action heroes? They could also discuss action movies in general, and talk about what makes a good one.
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
Aweome film
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
Aweome film
Awesome at smart action thriller. Best in the trilogy yet!
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Wonderful movie, but way to violent for kids.
Wonderful movie, but extremely violent.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
A great movie, being the 3rd one in a trilogy!
This movie is absolutely amazing! It lived up to the expectations of the first and second movie, if not exceeded them. Like the other Bourne movies, there is a ton of violence and some profanity. The storyline may also confuse some kids.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
great action classic 12 and over
every single bourne is good but this one just won too much it has heck of a good action and violence its a real CLASSIC watch it and you'll never forget it 12 and over because minors wont understand the story and for violence watch the bourne in a row .
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
Matt Damon
Ok, this this movie I give a two thumbs up. It is awesome, infact, this series of the movie are amazing. It is about a man who is in this crazy situation. He is being chased by good guys, and bad guys, oh, and then good guys, then bad guys, and, well, you get my point. If you are not a fan of car chases I would not watch this movie. But you are missing out!
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
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This makes a trilogy, sit back, hold on, enjoy- its great.
Like the other bornes, this is fast paced, intense, and the story twist a bit. Bourne has now developed a sense of loyalty, and seems to have developed his own moral codes. (for example: he didn't take the shot.) Generally the same as the others.
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
Too violent too smart for an under 14... recommended for people over 15-16 years..
BEST MOVIE EVER..... but too violent for kids and small teens... and waaaaaaayy too smart... heart pouniding thriller u can't get ur head out of the screen... but not for someone under 14 they won't understand it understand the meaning of it... sexually: bourne starts to remember and he remembers when he kissed his girlfriend a passionate kiss for 2-3 seconds... nothing explicit at all and could be explained as a normal kiss... ENJOY THE MOVIE ... i watched it over 20 times...
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
5 words..HOLY SH!T THIS MOVIE ROCKS!!!!!
REALLY GOOD movie!!!! some bloody violence but thats it.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
REALLY GOOD MOVIE. Just a bit to much...
This movie is one of the best movies I have ever seen. There is just a bit too much suspense and violence for kids under 10. Mild swearing. And a flashback of Bourne ( Matt Damon ) kissing Marie ( dead wife )
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
Teens & up only!
Okay, this is the third movie, and are still just as good as the first! Know your kid BEFORE you let them watch this. It is even more violent than the first two. There is some sexual images in Bourne's flashbacks of his girlfriend, but nothing is very explicit. Still a fair amount of language, but not as much as the first two. KNOW YOUR KID!!!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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- Good role models
GREAT MOVIE
ok this movie is great the violence isnt that bad its not like people are being blown to peices. there is one scene where a reporter is sniped in the head and you see a redish mist
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
amazing movie with 99.9% no sex, and not a lot of language. the fight scenes are realistic but not over-the-top gore. every second of violence is part of the movie- nothing is just shown for the sake of showing it.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
WOW! I thought the others were good, but this one...WOW!
THE BOURNE IDENITY surpassed my expectations. SUPREMACY matched them. ULTIMATUM completely blew me away; it surpassed the set of expectations I had behind my first set. The acting was so good, the plot so enthralling, the action so intense, the script so well-written, I couldn't believe I bought this for $9.50 at Target. If you loved the other Bourne films, this one will blow you away. You won't be able to keep your eyes off it. Violence is the same as the others. There is an extreme amount of fights and weapons, but those who are shot are shot non-graphically. There is some blood after fist-fights, but no more than the previous two. Bourne makes a good role model for kids; he is trained as an assassin, so in almost every scene he finds himself pointing a gun at someone's head. But he chooses to say no and show them mercy...in fact, I can't think of a time when he kills in cold blood. He's always placed in immediate danger, and acts out of self-defense. There is no sex, and language is limited to one "SOB", infrequent "s**t"s, and several "d**n"s.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Stunning, Breath-Taking, and all around Brilliant!
I have been around reading reviews for movies for a while, but just recently decided to review on them. And this was my list so here i go. The Bourne Ultimatum, is the third in the Bourne serious, they are all exceptional movie, and all have 5 stars in my book. But this particular one, is one of the mist terrific films of the decade, its is up and still standing at number 5 of my alltime favorites,only to 300, Ironman, Leathal Weapon, and The origanl Matrix, and Casino Royal. This is aphenoominal movie. Violence is heavy, language is on and off throughout the movie. Sexual scenes are found no where. This mile-a-minute- thriller is a must see for all.
I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itAmazing, perhaps the best Bourne movie yet...
Parents should know that though this is an extremely enjoyable movie, it is both intense and graphic in parts. There are no f**ks, but some less strong language. I think that this movie is too much for a PG-13. Parents, this movie is not for all teens. Some thirteen and fourteen year olds will be fine, but not all. Know your kid...
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Amazing... Perhaps the best Bourne movie yet...
Parents should know that though this is an extremely enjoyable movie, it is both intense and graphic in parts. There are no f**ks, but some less strong language. I think that this movie is too much for a PG-13. Parents, this movie is not for all teens. Some thirteen and fourteen year olds will be fine, but not all. Know your kid...
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
pretty good movie
there is violence and torture [waterbording]some shooting and bad flashbacks
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Blown away
First of all, let me say that I rated the first two movies, and really wish I could change them. This series is fantastic, and I must have been really tired or something to have rated them the way I did. This is without a doubt the best spy trilogy I have ever seen. It does an amazing job of presenting the suspense and keeping you on the edge of your seat. I'm going to take the time to sort of rate the trilogy rather than this one movie, since I won't be able to re-rate the first two. I won't give you a plot summary, because the tiniest thing can give something away. I was not too happy that CSM stated Marie's death happened, but I suppose if you've seen the second movie, you would know that. Another thing I would like to set straight that CSM misinterpreted, was when Bourne appears to be kissing Marie in the water, he is really administering CPR, not kissing her. Now for the stuff parents would like to know. There is a LOT of violence in this, and there is a lot of blood shown, especially in car accidents. Two people are shown strangled to dead, and someone shoots themselves in the head (though the camera is averted). There are extremely intense vehicle chases, and lots of loud and exciting gunfights, but the action doesn't take up all the movie, as in Mission Impossible 2. The plot is very good. I won't give anything away, but in this movie are nearly all of the elements a good spy movie needs. Ok, back to content. The first movie without a doubt has the worst language, especially near the end, with it getting a little tamer in the second one, and a lot tamer in the third. The first movie has two F words, which is uncommon for PG-13, though one is only mouthed, so you won’t see it unless you are adept at reading lips. There’s a lot of God da*ns, especially at an argument near the end. The second movie has near the same amount of other language, but one yelled F word. There is no F word in the third one, and the worst language in that is sh*t, which is used a lot in most movies anyway. The reason I give this movie an R is because of the language. The language in the first movie is quite strong for a PG-13, and I have seen movies that had nearly nothing bad in them besides one F word, and the rating was R. There is also a lot of violence in it. However, just because I think that’s what it should have been rated, doesn’t mean I think only 17 and up should see it. I think these are good 14+ films, as they will definitely look up to Bourne as a role model, and this movie will likely appeal more to teens anyway. There is definitely a message in this movie. I’m going to put a SPOILER warning here, because I don’t want to spoil the message for anyone. You can sort of see it happening throughout the whole movie, but Bourne realizes that killing people is wrong, and doesn’t want to be an assassin anymore. This is a lesson not often explored in movies like this, and I think it may be worth seeing just for that. I’m going to sum this up by restating that these movies are most likely the best spy movies or all around action movies I have ever seen, and anyone 14 and up should definitely see this.
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