Storyline
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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Cast
Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Demetri Goritsas, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Josh Hamilton, Walton Goggins, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Chris Cooper, Gabriel Mann, Julia Stiles, Orso Maria Guerrini, Tim Dutton, Denis Braccini, Nicky Naudé, David Selburg, Russell Levy, Anthony Green, Hubert Saint-Macary, David Bamber, Gwenael Clause, Emanuel Booz, Philippe Durand, Vincent Franklin, Paulette Frantz, Thierry René, Roger Frost, David Gasman, Harry Gilbert, Delphine Lanson, William Cagnard, Kait Tenison, Joseph Beddelin, Rainer Werner, Katie Thynne, Aaron Lilly, Ronald Benefield, Bradley J. Goode, Troy Lenhardt, Joshua McNew, Joe Montana, John Pawlikowski, Michael Rix, Brad Rizer, Andrew Webster, Houston Williams, Alain Grellier, Arnaud Henriet, Jean-Yves Bilien, Danny Erskine, Elwin 'Chopper' David
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Reviews
80
Chicago Reader
The full-throttle approach of director Doug Liman (Swingers, Go) is impressive.
80
There isn't a dull or dumb moment in this movie.
80
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.
