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| The Ultimate Bourne Collection Boxset [2007] | ![The Ultimate Bourne Collection Boxset [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jWZht0m3L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Artist: Matt Damon
Actor: Matt Damon
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 1181
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.8
EAN: 5050582537093
ASIN: B000WIMTAY
Release Date: December 10, 2007
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Condition: all discs in good condition
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 The Ultimate Breathtaking Experience July 8, 2008
It was in November 2007 when I saw "Bourne Ultimatum" in the theatre. It was more electrifying than the previous two in the series. It was only after a month that the triple DVD pack came out containing all three Bourne movies, and I purchased it at once. Watching all three movies in a row is also a wonderful experience and it may be seen that how the cinematography, editing and sound effects improve in each movie than its predecessor.
All three movies are full of breathtaking car chases, ultimate suspense that goes around the globe. At one moment you are in India and at the other you find yourself in Italy. From the narrow streets of Tangier to the snows of Russia, the chase for Bourne goes on and on until it ends in the busy avenues of New York, in the last movie. Though all three movies and its characters are wonderfully linked together, however, each movie brings new characters, locations and situations.
The movies are full of wonderful sound effects, cinematography and editing and it grips you so much that you feel yourself being chased as Jason Bourne.
All three DVDs are packed with extra features, including director's commentary, deleted scenes, and details about various chases of Bourne across the globe.
For fans of action and spy movies, this is a must purchase.
ONE OF THE BEST TRILOGIES AROUND March 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellent trilogy of films - keeps you on the edge of your seat no matter how many times you watch them - Matt Damon has to be one of the best actors of his generation - Fantastic films which we will still be watching in 20 years time. Buy and enjoy
 Bourne To Be Wild March 4, 2008
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
It took me about ten minutes to think up one of those "Bourne" puns, so please enjoy that one while it lasts. Ah, the Jason Bourne movies.; the franchise that apparently reinvigorated action movies with a semblance of substance, a fresh dimension to action sequences and persuaded Bond to go for a more gritty approach in "Casino Royale." This may all well be true, and as franchises go, Jason Bourne is better than most by a wide mark, but something tells me its still all just expensive flash with very little plot once you cut through all the convoluted storytelling techniques.
The Bourne Identity was, in my opinion, a highly overrated affair devoid of any originality and riddled with achingly obvious cliches and crass dialogue. I am one of the few to see it as a mostly dull, sometimes laughable plod through familiar amnesiac spy territory. It was so schematic in execution you can even break down the action into specific segments without breaking a sweat - the fight scene (silly), the car chase (boring), the shootout (uneventful). Sure Matt Damon fit quite snugly into the action man role while Chris Cooper and Franka Potente provided competent support, but it was just so routine. And that much lauded fight sequence was the most unintentionally hilarious thing in a film I saw that year. It always makes me laugh when people call it "an intelligent action movie." Why is this predictable romp found to be so intelligent? Because it sticks a bunch of suited thesps in an office in Langley and has them talk about covert ops and politics at intermittent intervals. Give me a break. That's not intelligent, that's just exposition. Done badly.
Thankfully Paul Greengrass took over helming duties from a limp Doug Liman and mixed things up a little with The Bourne Supremacy giving us one of those rare Hollywood offerings; a superior sequel. In every respect. The filming technique conjures memories of the Omaha beach opening sequence from "Saving Private Ryan," whilst the plot, though still unnecessarily and needlessly complicated (considering it's the exact same story as before), enjoys a much more heightened atmosphere of urgency and paranoia. It harks back to seventies conspiracy thrillers and pays-off very nicely, especially by bringing the incomparable Joan Allen on board and enlarging Brian Cox's role substantially. Supremacy contains some terrifically exciting action (all blueprinted from Identity but far more well executed) with the final car chase proving a nail bitter. Greengrass and screenwriter Tony Gilroy even throw in a shocking death near the very start of the film and an almost poignant resolution that allows Bourne to actually develop as a character. All over impressive genre filmmaking but, oooooh, with a conscience.
Greengrass reprises directing responsibilities again for The Bourne Ultimatum, the seemingly final adaptation of the never ending novel series. Now Ultimatum finds some great support actors with David Strathairn and Albert Finney (can't believe he's still alive), while Joan Allen makes a welcome return as does series regular Julia Stiles in a much enhanced role. The plot again is almost identical to the earlier instalments with only slight variations on the formula. There are winning set-pieces that stand-out as some of the finest examples of action film editing we are ever likely to see (deserving Oscars on the technical front), highlighting how much Greengrass is completely in control of the out of control events. It's all intense excitement for about an hour in until I realised something. Jason Bourne can't die. The filmmakers know this because the studio wants to keep the possibility open of yet another sequel. So it then becomes incredibly obvious that they need to keep on finding periphery characters to put in jeopardy so the central question then becomes; will Jason save them in time? It's a device the television show "24" has used many times and it works very well here, if only to signpost the inevitability of the upbeat ending. For such a moody looking movie there really isn't a moody enough outcome. Bourne is destined to die one day, surely that's the only way he can ever truly atone for his awful past. The acting is all top-notch as is the directing and stunts etc. but they have to come up with more original plotting if they are to do another instalment. There's only so many times Bourne can "go after the people who did this to me" before you think; "why doesn't he just nuke Langley and be done with it?" There's a thought - THE BOURNE URANIUM anyone? I'd pay to see that.
Anyway, the formula is proven and for the last two films at least it works well. Occasionally on the edge of your seat is better than Identity's slumber party set-pieces. The only criticism to be levelled directly at Supremacy and Ultimatum is that the action sequences do go on at excessive length, particularly that funny business in Spain on the rooftops with the washing line, but hey, now I'm just being picky.
Don't worry, it's not Bourne-ing! Ha, see what I did there? Go buy.
 One man against the world isn't normally this one-sided. At least not this way. February 27, 2008
This set of films takes car chases to a new standard of involved crunchiness. Beside that some of the fights have a scruffy realism. To me the best bits are where Bourne is directing other people so his thoughts are revealed to the viewer.
The stories stretch belief a bit - especially toward the end of each film where as a means of wrapping up the narration Bourne seeks out somebody involved in his past and has a conversation with them.
Some visual aspects of the films are unclear. Supremacy and Ultimatum make extensive use of a moving camera in real locations. Parts are shot in the dark, or are flashbacks or need watching in slow-motion, or need to be explained by the additional material supplied with the films. Don't forget to watch that too.
Best spy/espionage trilogy February 22, 2008
This I think is the best to come from the US about the life of a C.I.A spy. I prefer all the Bourne's to the Mission Impossibles, because Bourne has a more realistic (non Hollywood) story line!
Originality *****
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