Paul Greengrass' critically acclaimed film, The Bourne Ultimatum is the third in a series of four films centered on secret CIA spy Jason Bourne, played by award-winning actor Matt Damon. The Bourne Ultimatum features hard-hitting action, cutting-edge cinematic editing, and powerful controversy. Of everything that stands out in Greengrass' film, it's the powerful text that resonates the most. Featuring an American government and intelligence system that spies on and often attempts to sabotage its own people, The Bourne Ultimatum portrays the government policies of the United States of America in a very negative light. This article will focus on those aspects of The Bourne Ultimatum that represent the American public's perception of the world they live in after the September 11 attacks on the United States of America. The Bourne Ultimatum shows how American lives are filled with fear, trauma, and distrust, due to the terrorist attacks of September 11. The Bourne Ultimatum does an extremely good job of connecting with its viewers and communicating their messages and feelings of fear, trauma, and distrust. This is due to the way the film is constructed and produced. By being crudely realistic in its depictions of American society, the film hits both domestic and foreign viewers hard. In "Gender, Geopolitics, and Geosurveillance in the Bourne Ultimatum", Klaus Dodds, professor of geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, quotes a film critic in his article as saying: "What attracts me to the world of Bourne , is that it’s a real world and I think that’s where I feel most comfortable” (Quoted Dodds 95). The world of Jason Bourne is modern and realistic. It's a world that the audience of ...... middle of paper ...... in the Bourne Ultimatum. "Geographic Review 101.1 (2011): 88-105. Wiley Online Library. March 26, 2014. Fernández, Antonio Baraybar. “Jason Bourne, which hero is the monstrous? The existential journey of a contemporary hero/Jason Bourne: Hero or monster? The existential journey of a contemporary hero " Area Abierta 34.2 (2013): 23. Proquest. March 26, 2014. Gaine, Vincent M. "Remember All, Absolve Nothing: Overcoming Trauma in the Bourne Trilogy." Cinema Journal 51.1 (2011): 159-63. Project Muse. March 26, 2014. Pope, Richard. “Doing justice: a ritual and psychoanalytic approach to postmodern melodrama and a certain tendency of the action film. » Project Muse. March 26, 2014. Quay, Sara E. and Amy M. Damico, September 11 in Popular Culture: A Guide SantaBarbara, California: Greenwood, 2010. Web WRLC. 2014.