The Bourne Identity 2002 film is a spy thriller with a hint of romance.

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2011)

An Italian fishing boat crew recovers a young man (Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon) drifting in the Mediterranean Sea. The young man is found to be unconscious with bullet wounds in his back. A crew member sets to extract the bullets in his back, finds a tiny laser device in his hip which reveals a Swiss Bank account number. The young man suffers from amnesia and decides to search for his true identity. Using the Swiss Bank account number as a reference point, he travels to Zurich where he finds an amount of money in different denominations, several passports containing his picture with several aliases and a gun in the safe deposit box. He assumes the name on the first passport; Jason Bourne. Bourne discovers he is skilled in hand-to-hand combat when confronted by the Zurich police for loitering at night and can locate the fastest escape routes. Bourne knows there is something more to him since these skills are not for the average man to possess. Bourne teams up with Marie Kreutz (played by Franka Potente) after persuading her with money to drive him to Paris where the address of Jason Bourne is. Bourne fights police officers, assassins, secret service agents who are trying to kill him. The theme playing in this film is self discovery. Bourne knows people are out there who want him dead but he must fight to defeat them and discover who he is. The head of a CIA group "Operation Treadstone", Alexander Conklin (played by Chris Cooper) has his feathers ruffled and sends assassins to eliminate Bourne. Conklin reveals to Ward Abbort (played by Brian Cox) his superior, that Bourne was the operative on a failed assassination attempt on an African dictator Nykwana Wombosi (played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). Marie and Bourne fight their way through all the obstacles facing them and eventually fall in love along the way. Bourne invades Treadstone Headquarters and there his memory is restored. His real name is David Webb .He could not kill Wombosi in front of his children that's why he ended up in the Mediterranean Sea with bullet wounds. The Cider House Rules 1999 is a movie that bears the same theme of self discovery. In this movie, Homer (played by Toby Maguire) discovers his true purpose in life after spending ages running away from it. He finds peace and fulfillment in life after his self discovery. The film uses surround sound from the opening scene which in incredible. The surrounds contain ambiance, intense sound effect and a feel of being there. The gunfire shots have high pitched sounds with precise bullet movements. The sound builds a level of suspense and uncertainty when watching the film. The picture quality is sharp with stunning locations used. The film looks subdued telling us of the mindset of Bourne and the way he is battling to find solutions to his amnesia. The pictures are natural in facial features with great focus on even the backgrounds. Jason Bourne fights to find out his true identity. Being able to discover one's self has underlined tones. We are born into this world without any memory of preexistence. Just like Borne, we may discover we possess skills and abilities unknown to us. In our search for self discovery, we find out who we are and our true purpose in life. Bourne finds out he is a trained assassin but decides to let go of that life and starts life afresh as a new man with Marie.