Review of The Bourne Identity (2002) by Tyler R — 06 Aug 2012

Friday marks the day where we can no longer refer to it as the "Bourne Trilogy", so I better go back and rewatch the previous three Bourne movies to prepare myself for the fourth one. The Bourne Identity starts off with Jason Bourne being lost at sea, hes wounded and he has amnesia.

So now Bourne begins his journey to find out who he is, but along the way he's tracked down by security who want him dead. While on the run, he finds out he has a lot of skills like martial arts for example.

One thing this movie did really well was making the audience actually care for Jason Bourne. I was just as interested in resolving the issue as much as the character and that was handled really well. I really like Matt Damon as well.

The character could've easily been some bad acting muscle guy, but we got Matt Damon and he was great in his role. The best thing the movie really had going was the intrique. Like I said, I couldn't be more invested into the plot and the movie's intrique just helps the movie along with a nice pace.

It's a mystery and suspense movie, but it's also a great action movie. Between all the interesting dialogue scenes there's some action scenes that are just awesome. There are car chases, shootouts, fist fighting, the movie supplies enough to any action fan.

The action isn't just average "fight scene, slow dialogue, fight scene, boring ass characters". The movie has action that excells. When a fight scene looks like it's over, something happens and the action just picks up and it's really exciting.

As expected in any action film, there's going to be some romantic aspect and there is. Bourne comes across a german gypsie and theu fall in love. Surprisingly, I wasn't bored with the romance.

As a matter of fact, I welcomed in in some way because the movie itself needs stuff to make it flow better, and it wasn't done in a formulaic way like with most other action movies. By the end of the movie, you're most likely going to be left with the feeling of sadness because the movie actually has to come to and end, but it's also a gratifying watch because it's not just a basic, grade-B action flick.

If you've ever seen a spoof movie and they're spoofing some kind of action scene, it's probably going to be from The Bourne Identity. The movie is one of the best thriller/action/mystery movies out there, the acting was great, the action was superb, the intrique was executed perfectly, it's tense as hell, it's well written and paced and it's just a solid action film that is more than capable of being awesome entertainment.