Did the director have a stroke of amnesia

Rating: 7/10 (19 October 2002)

!!!WARNING: SOME SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!
What the hell happened with this movie. The first part was literally breathtaking due to the suspence, amazing action sequences and cool music and I found myself thinking that this might actually be a cool movie. But as soon as Bourne reads that newspaper and puts all the missing pieces together the movie instantly looses its tempo and meaning. After we discover Bourne's identity(coincidentally the title of the movie), well I guess there's just no point in dragging the movie any longer, unless the story had a deeper purpose or meaning. Not in this case though, Bourne decides to singlehandedly challenge the organisation he works for so he can then, after some action scenes of course, leave it on his own terms. Sounds easy?, well they make it look even easier. Oh yeah, and just before the end there's a scene that looks so ridiculously dumb and unbelievable that even Tom Cruise's scenes on the motorcycle in "MI2" or Pierce Brosnan's leap to catch the falling plane in "Goldeneye" started looking somewhat credible. It was like the director lost his focus for the 2nd half. The whole background of Bourne's spy organisation is "explained" in a single line. How or why he became a 30 million dollar government property is sadly never revealed. Nice appearance by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and the sexy Franka Potente though.
Good action doesn't make up for a meaningless story. 6/10