The Bourne Identity
June 14, 2002 in theaters
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
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"I know what I am."
DID YOU KNOW?
The stairwell fight scene was choreographed to look chaotic and improvised -- but every single move was precisely planned.
THE VERDICT
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The film that reset the standard for contemporary action cinema -- a spy thriller that replaced spectacle with physicality and gave its hero genuine psychological weight. Matt Damon's Bourne is one of the defining action performances of its decade, rooted in confusion and competence in equal measure. The film uses European geography as a character rather than a backdrop. A film that understood what the genre had become and refused to repeat it.
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