Read the book ? then forget the film

Rating: Null/10 (22 October 2002)

As a long time reader of Ludlum (the guy who wrote the Jason Bourne Triology) I can only say that this film was a total dissapointment. Only two things seem similar between the book and the film , one is the title and the other is that the plot involves a US agent with amnesia. EVERY other thing has been changed from the name/nationality of the female lead right down to the very reason Jason Bourne existed in the first place.Instead of destroying the plot of an excellent book why did they not give it a different title and sell it out as a run of the mill spy caper. Ludlum would turn in his grave if he saw his intricate plot reduced to this piece of dogmeal. I'll stick with the earlier TV Version at least that tried to give an accurate portrayal of the book in the time they were allowed. No Treadstone 71 plot, no Cain plot, no Carlos plot , No Plottin Good!