Jason is not the only thing that "bournes".

Rating: 5/10 (17 October 2002)

Needless is to say that Matt Damon has been, for these last few years attached to great films, all of them made history for it's quality, The Talented Mr Ripley, most noticeably. However, the time came for a bad project to come. The wrongest thing in the Bourne Identity, is the plot and the directing, at points. The plot getss too confusing at times, maybe it was their wish, anyway when we discover what all of that was about, than it is much ado about nothing. Director Doug Liman is very effective sometimes, but can't keep up the rythm he put up himself. The chases and the fights are impressive and the camera movements are mind-freezing, but when the pressure be held, he forgets about it. Too bad. The cast, in its way is very good, Damon is a fine actor and always fits well in every role; German actress Franka Potente assures the comedy and the lovely good girl who starts with a good english, but by the end of the movie it gets worse and worse; Chris Cooper is good also, after American Beauty he is still looking for another memorable role. The biggest surprise is, however, Julia Stiles. To be honest I never really liked her but in this film, she proved otherwise. This film is not one of those that you can't say "I loved it, its perfect", neither can you say "Ew, what an huge peace of ****". It has it's way of being enjoyable, unfortunately, it worked average for me.