The Bourne Identity Theft

Rating: 1/10 (26 July 2004)

The one big problem with this movie: The scriptwriter never read the book. Evidence, you ask for? Simple: the movie has nothing whatsoever to do with Ludlum's book--which was genius--beyond the name of the main character. Where was Carlos and his insidious, far-reaching organization? Where was Dr. Washburn and Ile de Port Noir? What the hell is Bourne doing sleeping on a park bench? Where the hell did that dictator come from? Marie Greutz? Anyone with a passing knowledge of the book knows Bourne's lady love is Marie St. Jacques, an economist working for the Canadian government. And what the hell did they do to Treadstone and the Monk?
This is 'Bourne' in name only, and deserves none of the praise it is inexplicably receiving. The awful animated Lord of the Rings was more faithful to source material than this monstrosity.