Bourne Identity

Pros: Entertaining spy thriller. Damon as Bourne.

Cons: A few loose ends.

The Bottom Line: The Bourne Identity was a wonderful spy thriller. People who like this type of movie should give the movie a chance.

Review: have enjoyed many spy thriller movies in the past. I've been wanting to see The Bourne Identity ever since I first saw the previews of the movie. I was finally able to go see it with my best friend. We both really liked the movie, and she ...

Pros: Gripping tale from beginning to end; wonderful action scenes; Matt Damon is great

Cons: Makes me salivate for more

The Bottom Line: I thoroughly enjoyed watch Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity as the whole movie captivated me from beginning to him. Fine, I just want to be like him.

Review: Jason Bourne has seen better days. Of course, it would help if he could remember those days. The Bourne Identity, a 2002 film starring Matt Damon in the leading role, takes a look at an amnesiac Jason Bourne as he tries to unravel the pieces of ...

Pros: Mostly masterful direction. Damon. Potente. I could go on.

Cons: Very little. Departs largely from book, but needs to.

The Bottom Line: Intelligent Action Movie? Oxymoron no more.

Review:

A lot of people were disappointed by Doug Liman’s ‘The Bourne Identity’ simply because it was Doug Liman’s. The movie did not have an especially Doug Liman feel, and generally, people were looking for something more,...

Pros: great acting, beautiful scenery, good pacing, nice action sequences without being too unrealistic

Cons: some moments that don't seem plausible

The Bottom Line: A great action movie with a good story.

Review: I never really thought of Matt Damon as the action movie hero type. He sort of comes off in my eyes more as the good-natured boy next door; a sort of Ritchie Cunningham without The Fonz. However, his series of films as Jason Bourne has caused me to ...

Pros: Great cast, nice scipt, lots of twists

Cons: Really loud!

The Bottom Line: The Bourne Identity is on par with the best of the James Bond films.

Review: The Bourne Identity is a wonderful action suspense thriller on par with the best of the James Bond films. It stars Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, and German actress Franka Potente (of Run Lola Run) and is set mostly in France.

The film opens with...

Pros:   Well done acting, well developed story, good action scenes.

Cons:   Might be a little too slow for a junkie.

The Bottom Line:

A great combination of mystery and action.

Review:   There are few movies that just entertain me every time I see it and this is one of them. To me, this movie has a lot going on for it. Action, mystery, great acting, well done action scenes, and appropriate casting that feeds off each others ...

Pros: Damon and Potente, Liman's keen directoral eye, flow, action

Cons: too few to note

The Bottom Line: Matt Damon and Franka Potente star in one of the best Spy Thrillers in years. Action, suspense, drama, and great acting come together in Doug Liman's The Bourne Identity

Review: Doug Liman. The guy did Swingers for crying out loud. Swingers! What the heck is this guy doing directing a spy thriller? The guys is a golden God (Yes, the Cameron Crowe reference) for making such pseudo-classics like the aforementioned...

Pros: Damon as an action figure; cool action scenes

Cons: no-name female lead

The Bottom Line: Good acting, great story, excellent action, and well worth the two hours and 15 minutes.

Review: After my disappointment with Sum of All Fears, I was wary of The Bourne Identity. What is with all these CIA movies lately? My trepidation soon disappeared as I realized this was the best movie I've seen in the last two months.

First of all,...

Pros: Tense, smart. Matt Damon is surprisingly right for the role.

Cons: Ending could have been a bit more dynamic, I suppose.

The Bottom Line: Thrillers lately certainly don't get much better than this. A definite recommendation.

Review: I'm now on my fourth or fifth viewing of director Doug Liman's "The Bourne Identity", and each time, ...

Pros: The directing, writing, acting, and action are all top notch.

Cons: The movie drags a little towards the middle.

The Bottom Line: The action of James Bond meets the brains of Jack Ryan, and the result is so much better the the sum of its parts.

Review: A group of scruffy fishermen are working the sea on a cold, rainy, night off the French coast, when one of them sees a floating, blinking light in the water. They reel it in to find that is its a man, with two bullets in his back and a bank account...