In 2002 we were introduced to Jason Bourne, a man who doesn't know who he is and is determined to find out. At the end, he has found love and seems content enough to just disappear, to fade away. In 2004, an incident in Berlin is pinned on Bourne as a convenient scapegoat, as assassins are sent to track him down in a remote town in India. This just makes the uber-skilled Bourne upset, which leads him back into the crosshairs of the CIA black-ops group that is intent on bringing him in.

By this time, Bourne is becoming more and more determined to figure out who he is and take the fight to those who were there at the start. Now, in 2007, Bourne returns home in the third pulse-pounding film where we are destined to learn the secrets that were brought to light way back in The Bourne Identity.

If there is one thing that you can be guaranteed with a Bourne film, it is high action, and a plot that seems inconsequential in the face of said action. Yes, the story is compelling on its own, but without the highly skilled, well played, and varied action, it would seem a rather thin frame on which to hang a movie. For three movies, Jason Bourne has sought to find who he is and who created him. For three movies, Jason Bourne has outsmarted his enemies at every turn. For three movies, Jason Bourne has led movie audiences through some of the most thrilling action to hit the big screen. With the conclusion of The Bourne Ultimatum, is the cycle complete? Possibly. This chapter of the Bourne saga is more or less closed, but I would not be surprised if we are treated to further Bourne adventures. There are likely still a good number of people that would like to put a bullet in him, or use him as a scapegoat for some other nefarious evildoings. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

The dawning of The Bourne Ultimatum is folded into the conclusion of The Bourne Supremacy. Bourne is searching for his identity. Plagued by flashbacks to the start of the Treadstone project which gave him his start, he heads off in search of his name. Meanwhile, the CIA is trying to clean up some loose ends, which include the elimination of Bourne. Also at the top of the to do list is Treadstone, which has been supplanted by Blackbriar, and the existence of the black ops program has been exposed through articles in the London paper, The Guardian.

The articles have caught the attention of CIA Assistant Director Noah Vosen (David Strathairn), who, along with Pamela Landy (the returning Joan Allen), is determined to find the leak. Somebody has leaked this sensitive information, which has also caught the attention of Jason Bourne. I dare not go further down the path of plot description, for fear of giving away anything. Suffice to say, the path of evidence leads Bourne through London, Madrid, Turin, Moscow, Paris, Tangier, and ultimately New York.