A first-rate thriller with grit and intrigue to spare.
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The Bourne Identity (2002)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:30
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Matt Damon makes a convincing action hero in this solid, if old-fashioned (in the good sense), thriller.
Theatrical Release:Jun 14, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $121,468,960
Synopsis: As THE BOURNE IDENTITY begins, a man who may or may not be Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is found floating in the Mediterranean Sea and is hauled onto a fishing boat. When the ship's doctor examines... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen
Director: Doug Liman
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Reviews for The Bourne Identity
Top CriticLiman can uncork leap-out-of-your-seat shocks, draw out suspense scenes with malicious finesse and even ease a touch of romance and droll humor into the yarn.
05/19/04
Top CriticA rollicking adventure yarn.
07/25/02
Top CriticThe Bourne Identity is no mere summer amusement park ride. It's as gray as Go was colorful and a cool contrast to its source material.
07/20/02
Top CriticGreat fights. You wouldn't think of Damon as a tough guy, but he's worked really hard on the physical stuff here and it shows.
06/26/02
Top CriticA film that is at best misguided, at worst stubbornly flashy, garbled and ready to file in the drawer labeled 'instantly forgettable.'
06/25/02
Top CriticReally well done.
06/19/02
Top CriticLiman takes a giant step toward hackdom with his banal big-budget adaptation of Robert Ludlum's 1980 espionage thriller.
06/18/02
Top CriticNicely paced and fits the bill for those in search of two hours of spy-based action and martial arts.
06/15/02
Top CriticThere isn't a dull or dumb moment in this movie.
06/14/02
Top CriticAn entertaining thriller that eschews most of the usual spy gimmicks in favour of old-fashioned sleuthing.
06/14/02
Top CriticThere are moments that feel just on the edge of silly, but that's the idea.
06/14/02
Top CriticA thriller with some brains and feeling behind it, more attuned to story and character than to spectacle.
06/14/02
Top CriticThe Bourne Identity has all the necessary components of the genre, and deploys them well.
06/14/02
Top CriticIt wouldn't be measurable in g-forces, but there is enough forward motion in The Bourne Identity to pin audiences backwards and enough nervous tension to put them on the edge.
06/14/02
Top CriticThe Bourne Identity shouldn't be half as entertaining as it is, but director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood.
06/14/02
Top CriticAlthough the exposition effectively invokes cool, the gradual warming trend finally gives this film a resonance beyond immediate impact.
06/14/02
Top CriticIf The Bourne Identity is an example of indie-movie rogue agents gone amok, then mainstream Hollywood should definitely recruit a few more.
06/14/02
Top CriticOverall, Liman has done a good job of making this old Cold War thriller seem born again.
06/14/02
Top CriticThe Bourne Identity crackles with equal measures of efficiency and energy.
06/14/02
Top CriticLatest News for The Bourne Identity
August 21, 2009:
New Writer Hired for Fourth Bourne Film 
With George Nolfi tied up on "The Adjustment Bureau," Universal has hired Josh Zetumer to come up with a new script for the fourth installment in the "Bourne" series. More...
August 07, 2009:
Doug Liman Is a Real Life Action Hero
"Bourne Identity" director Doug Liman was boating in the Hudson River when he saw a cargo ship plow into a speedboat -- and then he helped rescue the four passengers, all of... More...
August 04, 2009:
Matt Damon Talks More Bourne
If it happens, it won't come together for some time, but according to Matt Damon, the door is open for a fourth "Bourne" film. More...
April 13, 2009:
Fourth Bourne Arriving in 2011?
Producer Frank Marshall has apparently joined the ranks of famous folks on Twitter -- where he's announced that the fourth "Bourne" movie is on track for summer 2011. More...
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