Terrific

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2019)

As with most action (and other type) films now, the first of the best. That is absolutely true here. The Jason Bourne series of films, which is at 5 and counting now, is quite good. After the 3rd film, I thought it was already wearing thin, and had closure. One thong you can count on, is when a studio has a hit, they will wear it out, and that is proven here. When the 4th and 5th versions came out, it simply became a game of seeing how many different people can be roped into the same roles. I just saw this film again on HBO (of course; it's 17 years old now!). Even though I have seen this at least a dozen times, it's the 1st time I noticed Walton Goggins in it, who has been cast in a slew of films the past decade. I had noticed Gabriel Mann before in several fims, but the 1st time I noticrd Goggins was in "Predators" (2010). Anyway, I still like this film very much; it launched a whole genre, in my opinion. Soeaking of multiple films, the extreme are the "Fast & Furious" films. The film series should have stopped long before Paul Walker was killed in a high speed car wreck. The true face of greed shone brightly when the studio (and actors) kept making them; it is incredibly disrespectful to have done so. Pardon the digression. This film, "The Bourne Identity", is terrific. I liked how Doug Liman handled the end, with Franka Potente is found by Matt Damon, and (ultimately) kindle a relationship.
My main problem is Clive Owen doesn't have a larger role. He is truly a brilliant actor. He made up for it, hiwever over tge nrxt decade; appearing in many excellent films, like "Children of Men", "The International" (which the big shootout in "John Wick 2" copied completely, and not half as well), etc.