Krishna
The Bourne Identity is one of Robert Ludlum’s best known books and is full of unpredictable turns and twists that he is justly famous far. But it is hard to imagine how you can bring that tension and that atmosphere in a movie.
This movie, though, shows that it can be done! Not only that, even if you have never read the book, it shows you how a movie can be made that takes off and keeps the tension till the very end. Brilliantly made, the action scenes are breathtaking. The movie keeps the broad strokes of the book but does not fully follow it but visually is a treat to watch.
Of course Matt Damon excels as Bourne, which is why this became a series like the Batman or the Harry Potter in Hollywood. This is the first in the series and is a very well made movie.
A man is rescued from the sea near death with bullet wounds in his body and is nursed back to health. He wakes up not knowing who he is or how he was there at sea. But he is troubled and astounded to find that he has many skills of a professional killer and the super instincts of a trained commando. He is disturbed that in the past life which he did not remember, he could have been a murderer. He slowly learns that his name is Jason Bourne but has many passports and currencies in a briefcase belonging to him in what should be his house.
He is even more troubled to see that a really powerful organization or gang is after him to kill him, again for he knows not what. With an innocent girl called Marie Helena unwittingly caught in this intrigue just because she agreed to give him a ride for some money she needed for studies, he keeps ahead of the relentlessly pursuing gang – but only just.
The rest of the movie is a cat and mouse game where Jason finds that his own country’s intelligence agency (CIA) is out to eliminate him, in addition to a gang of criminals who try to assassinate him. Only his superb skills and past training that he does not remember the details of keep him alive and ahead of the game.
The reason for the killing and how he learns of his immediate past before his being discovered at sea is the rest of the story.
A lovely movie, a treat to watch, and excellent portrayal by Matt Damon.
This movie deserves a 9/10
— Krishna