Not based on the book!

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2002)

There are only the most tenuous of connections between the plot of this movie, and the book by Robert Ludlum on which it claims to be based. Bourne mightn't be the only who's suffering memory problems.
Matt Damon is earnest, Franka Potente is confused, and Clive Owens is a welcome addition. The story is less tense yet more surprising than the book, perhaps as a result of us being allowed to see much less of what's happening inside the characters' heads, especially Bourne's.
So, this isn't an update of The Bourne Identity. It's not a retelling. It's a new story based on a one line description of the book.
I wonder if Ludlum got to read the treatment before he died?