The Bourne Identity

Name: The Bourne Identity
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2002-06-14
Duration: 119 min

He was the perfect weapon until he became the target.

20021h 59mcritics 7.5/10

Action Mystery Thriller

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen

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Metacritic52 read

“the beginning is quite boring”
Miyodabout 0–50% inread it ↗
“the second half of the film is interesting”
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“This has one of my favourite opening scenes.”
joshwashereabout 0–15% inread it ↗
“The ending feels too abrupt, though, tying everything up into an extra-neat package and omitting a lot of vital details along the way.”
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“Lost count the number of times I've watched The Bourne Identity but it's still a fantastic action-thriller with Matt Damon perfectly cast in the lead which if I recall at the time he was only known for dramas. Some issues with how the sequels were handled, mainly (in TBU) the suggestion Bourne and Nicki (Julia Stiles) had some sort past relationship when it's pretty clear he was just another black ops agent. In any case, still works almost 20 years later and I'm sure I'll revisit this one aga”
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“**The Bourne Identity returns the spy genre to hard-hitting realism with face-paced hand-to-hand combat, clever espionage, and a great lead.** In the early 2000s, when James Bond was surfing on laser-melted glaciers and fighting diamond-crusted henchmen and Ethan Hunt was dual-weird diving through a flock of doves, The Bourne Identity charted a new path. Doug Liman took Good Will Hunting’s Matt Damon, whose biggest action role to this point had been watching Tom Hanks die to save him in Savin”
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“Matt Damon ("Jason Bourne") is fished out off the sea by a passing fishing boat and after having had bullets removed from his back, determines to find out just what happened to him. One slight snag - he has absolutely no idea who he is! Luckily, his rescuer has some skill with a scalpel and aside from the bullets, he removes a small gadget that contains details of a Swiss bank account that ultimately gives him a name, but asks far more questions than it answers. He goes to the US embassy, but th”
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