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Rating: 4/10 (30 June 2004)

I saw a review of another movie (The Sum of All Fears) that is apt for The Bourne Identity. I can't remember the reviewer's name, so I can't give him/her credit, but it goes as follows:
1. If you've read the book, don't bother to see this movie.
2. If you haven't read the book, go read it, then see #1.
My own thoughts: they couldn't follow the book too closely, as the villain was Carlos the Jackal, a real-life terrorist from the Cold War era who was dealt with long ago and has been worn out in other movies (The Jackal starring Bruce Willis and The Assignment with Donald Sutherland and Aidan Quinn).
Nonetheless, they basically traded off the book's title to attract the book's fans to what was otherwise a mediocre action film.