Doesn't come anywhere near the original story by Ludlum

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2003)

To me the movie was the disappointment of the year. For those who expect a movie truly based on the Ludlum novel: don't. There is no remembering how to disassemble a weapon, no talking in Asian toungues, no Carlos the Jackal... none. There's the amnesia, a girl named Marie and Matt Damon who, though performing well, in no way answers to the image of Jason Bourne the way Ludlum describes him. And that's as far as it goes for following the original story line.
The cast is without exception doing its damnest to make something of a script that should have died where the movie starts: sinking away to the bottom of the ocean.