It's nothing but a car chase...

Rating: 3/10 (27 August 2006)

Maybe I would have enjoyed it more, or viewed it more objectively, if it had been called something else, but come on. If you're gonna name the movie the same as the book it is supposedly based on, shouldn't it at least resemble the original story?? Enjoy the movie for what it is - a non-stop action flic, but if you like suspense and spy-vs-spy stories, I recommend reading the Ludlum book for a completely different experience of the Bourne Identity.
Here's some of the things that made the book interesting, but were nowhere to be found in the movie:
BOOK SPOILERS FOLLOW
The piece-by-piece unraveling of Jason Bourne's true mission before he lost his memory.
His violent abduction of Marie, and the slow turning of her feelings toward him.
The traps and counter-traps in the spy-vs-spy duel with the assassin Carlos the Jackal.