The Bourne Identity

Name: The Bourne Identity
Director: Doug Liman
Released: 2002

Doug Liman

2002

2.00

Synopsis

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?

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Matt DamonJason Bourne
Franka PotenteMarie Helena Kreutz
Chris CooperAlexander Conklin
Clive OwenThe Professor
Brian CoxWard Abbott
Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeNykwana Wombosi
Gabriel MannDanny Zorn
Julia StilesNicky Parsons
Walton GogginsResearch Tech
Josh HamiltonResearch Tech

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80
Chicago Reader
The full-throttle approach of director Doug Liman (Swingers, Go) is impressive.
80
Washington Post
There isn't a dull or dumb moment in this movie.
80
Time
The result is an escapist fantasy that is -- Damon's and Potente's persuasive performances aside -- as weightless and inconsequential as a musical. And at the moment every bit as welcome.
75
Baltimore Sun
The Bourne Identity keeps you in a state of nervous excitation from the opening shot to the fade-out and has a thread of deadpan humor that vibrates alongside the main action like a third rail quivering next to a hurtling train.
75
New York Daily News
Thrillers have become so gnawingly generic that The Bourne Identity wakes the senses without leaning on cliché and soundtrack.
75
Chicago Tribune
Liman packs enough firepower into The Bourne Identity to please the summer action fan, including a reshot climax that contains one of the niftier stunts I've seen recently. The centerpiece action sequence is a bravura car chase through Paris, yet the moments that bookend it are equally impressive.
63
New York Post
A lean, deftly shot, well-acted, weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s European-set spy pictures. There are even moments when you hope it could turn into a modern "Charade."
60
TV Guide Magazine
This savvy adaptation of Robert Ludlum's action-clogged 1980 bestseller benefits from the fact that the filmmakers were smart enough to throw out most of the book's preposterous spills and thrills and concentrate instead on its intriguing central character.

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