Book and Movie never meant to be the same

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2002)

For those Ludlum fans that are going to see this movie do not expect it to be about Carlos. There are only a few similarities between the movie and the book (and I can tell you them without giving anything away).
1. Jason Bourne is the main character 2. Jason has Amnesia 3. Jason runs around Europe with a woman he meets after losing his memory. 4. A government Agency known as "Treadstone" exists.
Beyond that the stories go apart from one another. Some people will notice that he find a bank in Zurich. However....
Taking it is a movie (not an adaptaion of the book) it was entertaining and worth seeing.
Further information below on why it is not an adaptation. I think Universal just wanted the name recognition and the Ludlum Estate knew it would increase sales.
********* Don't read on the remainder has plot information ************* In the book Jason is a made up assassin that is created to bring Carlos (the worlds number one assassin) out in the open to be arrested (or killed). In the book Jason is not a government assassin.
In the movie Jason is a government assassin. His sole job is to take out targets alone in a way that the US will not be tied to the death.
CARLOS is not part of this movie at all.