A Gripping Intro Into an Iconic Action Series

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 2020)

The Bourne Identity brings the viewer along with Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), an ex-CIA assassin who suffers from memory loss, as he tries to remember who he was and why he's being chased. While providing the viewer with many of the typical action-film moments -- foreign locations, fight scenes, love interest -- the Bourne Identity takes time to develop the character, the stakes, and the "bad guys," in ways most action films fail to do.