First installment in ¨Bourne¨ saga , being well starred by Matt Damon and followed by various thrilling sequels

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2015)

Exciting and moving adaptation of Robert Ludlum's thriller . An injured, unconscious , bullet-riddled man (Matt Damon , though Brad Pitt was offered the role but turned it down to do Spy game and Matthew McConaughey , Russell Crowe , Sylvester Stallone were considered) suffering from amnesia before racing to elude assassins and regain his memory . As he recovers, it becomes quite clear, someone is trying to kill him . Now Bourne, and his new friend , Marie Helena Kreutz (Franka Potente , director offered the female lead to Sarah Polley but she declined the part) travel from country to country in search of his new identity. He confronts his enemies in order to find out his situation and is forced to take up violent means to survive . There takes place a twisted plot that seems to be involved the C.I.A cell Treadstone (it is inspired by the real life secret C.I.A cell 'The Enterprise', which organised the Iran-Contra affair) and led by secret agents Ward Abbott (Brian Cox , his character is based on Oliver North) and Alexander Conklin (Chris Cooper , his role is based on Robert McFarlane) .
This nail-biting flick contains suspense , thrills , frenetic action, shootouts and violent fights in which our hero is pursued around the world in a relentless chase . From start to finish the noisy action and fast movement is unstopped . This is an expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the exciting events . The Ludlum's novel have also spawned a television series and several more books . However , screenwriter Tony Gilroy , at Doug Liman's instruction, did not read the "Bourne Identity" novel ; instead, he worked solely from an outline prepared by Liman . In fact , the film has almost nothing to do with the original novel . This is the only film in the Bourne series with any resemblance to the plot of the book it's purportedly based on, and it's a very loose adaptation , all other movies in the series are original screenplays that use only the titles of novels by Robert Ludlum . In the book The Bourne Identity , the main bad guy is a real life criminal genius, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez of Venezuela, better known as Carlos the Jackal . Matt Damon's acting as a hard-rock , two-fisted without identity agent is top-notch . Franka Potente is nice as a young who helps Jason . Both of whom carry out dangerous action scenes . Very good support cast plenty of familiar faces such as Chris Cooper , Clive Owen , Brian Cox , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje , Gabriel Mann , Walton Goggins , Josh Hamilton , Tim Dutton , Julia Stiles , among others . Colorful and adequate cinematography by Oliver Wood . Rousing musical score fitting to action by John Powell .
The motion picture lavishly produced by Frank Marshall was professionally realized by Doug Liman . Other films of this exciting saga are the followings : The first was a 1988 television mini-series titled ¨The Bourne identity¨ by Roger Young in which Jason washes ashore in a small French town , starred by Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith co-stars . This ¨The Bourne Identity¨ (2002) , followed by ¨Bourne supremacy¨ (2004) by Paul Greengrass ; ¨Bourne ultimatum¨ by Paul Greengrass with screenplay by Tony Gilroy . And thrilling fourth part completing the trilogy ¨The Bourne Legacy¨ (2012) by Tony Gilroy with Jeremy Renner , Edward Norton , Rachel Weisz . Rating : 7/10 Good , better than average, well worth seeing . The movie will appeal to thriller fans and suspense lovers .