The only way the movie was made is Robert Ludlum is dead.

Rating: 1/10 (7 July 2002)

It's sad when a perfectly good novel is used only for the barest of plots and character names. It seems that Tony Gilroy made this adaptation without even reading the book. Mr. Gilroy went for the "modern" take on the movie and threw out the ENTIRE premise for there being a Jason Bourne. Carlos the Jackal was the perfect foil for Bourne/Webb. By eliminating him, Gilroy, had to come up with a very contrived assassin ring that has been done to death - thereby eliminating any possiblity of sequels such as The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. I can't believe I actually liked the 1988 version with Richard Chamberlin and Jacklyn Smith better than this one.