Impressive

Rating: Null/10 (13 July 2002)

I approached "The Bourne Identity" with no bias. I hadn't read the book and I wasn't a huge fan of Matt Damon. That said, I found the Bourne Identity very entertaining. You'll get a lot of Ludlum fans getting very anal about the treatment of the book, but at the end of the day you're left with a tight, solid, spy thriller. Very reminisent of the cold war spy films of the 60's and 70's it has a very dark look and feel to it. It also has a feeling of unpredictabilty to it. You feel that any one of the main protagonists is expendable, even Damon, and that gives the film a real edge. An 8 out of 10 and well worth a look.