He not enjoy the identity that he discovers.

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 2011)

The 2002 film, The Bourne Identity, directed by Doug Liman is a highly action packed movie about crime and mystery. The film stars Matt Damon and Franka Potente. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is rescued by a fishing boat from the sea with bullet wounds in his back, a chip implanted in his hip and no memory of who he is. As he is recovering from his injuries on the ship he attempts to recover his memory of who he is. As desperate as Bourne is to find the answers to who he is, he will discover that he may wish he did not know. This chip implanted in his hip only has information of a bank account number, once Bourne find this lock box that this number belongs to he discovers many passports with different identities, thousands of dollars, and a gun. It is also at the bank that Bourne realizes that he is being haunted and his life is in danger. Bourne is surprised to have advanced combat skills. Bourne realizes that he needs to run and here is when he turns to Marie (Franka Potente) for help. He offers her money to drive him to Paris where he believes that he lives. Marie assist him in trying to find out how he is and who is trying to kill him and why. It is while they are in Paris that he finds out that he is a spy and assign. Once Bourne learns this about himself he wishes that he did not know who he was and wants to forget all of it. However, his life is still in danger and he has to fight to stay alive. This film is similar to a 1996 film, The Long Kiss Goodnight where a female is suffering from amnesia and as she uncovers the secrets to her past she realizes that she was once a lethal, top-secret agent. There are many filming techniques used in this film. Quick cutting editing is used throughout the film as the scenes change but it does not have a choppy effect of the film, because of all of the action in the film the changing of scenes are hardly noticeable. The scenes change from fighting scenes to scenes of the CIA on the hunt for Bourne flawlessly. The sound used in the film also keeps the audience awake and alert. The sounds of gunfire and explosions keep the film entertaining and make the audience feel as though the scenes are real because of the realistic effects of the sounds. Although Bourne was not happy with who he discovered he once was he is able to overcome his past and escape from the horror that was once his life.