Watchable but not extraordinary...

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 2004)

"The Bourne identity" has doubtless good points. It's a modern spy story led by two young charismatic actors (Matt Damon and Franka Potente), there's suspense and mystery, action scenes aren't too exaggerated and violence is very mild. On the other hand the movie has too many slow moments, we begin to understand the plot (unless you've already read the Robert Ludlum book!) more or less after one hour, dialogues are not very well written and the interest is not very high... Sometimes we hope that the action goes faster.
The film is another attempt to recreate spy movies, but the film has neither the sophistication nor the entertainment of the James Bond franchise...