Unlike the other famous spy who shares his initials, Jason Bourne lives exclusively on HD DVD and doesn’t suffer from that “why don’t they just shoot him in the first two minutes of the movie?” syndrome.

The Bourne Ultimatum, is the last of the Bourne books by Robert Ludlum (though Eric Van Lustbader continued the series with two more titles). The first two Ludlum books have already been made into movies, and the third is about to hit movie theaters shortly. The Bourne movies have been great action-packed thrillers. The second movie, The Bourne Supremacy was actually the first to appear on HD DVD. As part of the hype for the new Bourne Ultimatum movie, Universal just released the first one, The Bourne Identity on HD DVD this week.

In an earlier posting, I described how Planet Earth was my choice for a movie that was made to show off HD. Action movies are probably the next best bet, and these Bourne discs are among your better choices. I say that because they are good movies, and the HD just enhances the enjoyment. I’m sure there are sci-fi movies with lots of computer-generated graphics that might be even better in terms of visuals, but as a complete movie experience, you’re not going to be done wrong with these Bourne titles.

Bourne Supremacy HD DVD trailer:

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