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News: For his latest role, Matt Damon tries to become a new kind of action hero
Video: Matt Damon discusses "The Bourne Identity"
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
The entertaining new film version of Robert Ludlum's 1980 spy thriller, "The Bourne Identity," adds a crisp, tangy autumnal feel to the hot dog days of summer moviegoing. It's an intelligent and very sophisticated work and yet also an extremely youthful one. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
"The Bourne Identity" is a skillful action movie about a plot that exists only to support a skillful action movie. The entire story is a set-up for the martial arts and chases. Because they are done well, because the movie is well-crafted and acted, we give it a pass. Too bad it's not about something. ...
Mary F. Pols
The Contra Costa Times
What makes "The Bourne Identity" so compelling is the way Damon conveys the depths of Bourne's disorientation and his helplessness, despite those impressive physical powers (Damon learned the Filipino martial art discipline Kali for the role, and it's so startlingly fast and efficient that one quickly accepts the concept of this smallish actor as a fighting machine). ...
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
As directed by Doug Liman ("Swingers") and scripted by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron, "Bourne" fairly barrels along, like a shiny bullet train blasting through the French countryside. I've seen the best cloak-and-danger exercises, including "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" and the original "Day of the Jackal," and in terms of story and cold-sweat suspense, I'd rank this one right up there. ...
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The Bourne Identity
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(2002)
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Overview:
The story opens as an amnesiac (Matt Damon) is rescued at sea by the crew of an Italian fishing boat. Nearly dead, he carries only the bullets in his back and the bank account number implanted in his hip. Although completely without identity or background, he does possess an array of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistics and self-defense that speak of a dangerous past. He sets out on a desperate search -- assisted by the initially rebellious Marie (Franka Potente) -- to discover who he really is, and why so many people want him dead.
Starring:
Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Julia Stiles (uncredited)
Directed by:
Doug Liman
Written by:
Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron (based on a novel by Robert Ludlum)
Cinematographer:
Oliver Wood
Composer:
John Powell
Studio:
Universal
Release Date:
June 14, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG-13) - for violence and some language
Running Time:
115 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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