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sheep233

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A really well done thriller with great action, amazing camera work, suspense, and excitement throughout. Sometimes there isn't really a lot of action or anything. And it kind of seems short the whole movie even though it's almost 2 hours long. It...
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A really well done thriller with great action, amazing camera work, suspense, and excitement throughout. Sometimes there isn't really a lot of action or anything. And it kind of seems short the whole movie even though it's almost 2 hours long. It also sometimes drags on a little but still it is an amazingly well done movie.

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Posted jul 7, 2008 9:40 am pt

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Definitely one of my favorite movie series of all time. Identity set the mood for the whole series and did a great job at it. When you sit down and watch the Bourne Identity it's like watching a superhero movie except the story and action is...
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Definitely one of my favorite movie series of all time. Identity set the mood for the whole series and did a great job at it. When you sit down and watch the Bourne Identity it's like watching a superhero movie except the story and action is actually believable as if it could happen in real life - there's no massive CGI effects, etc. Word is they're making a fourth Bourne movie and I can't wait!

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Posted jul 7, 2008 2:37 am pt

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this movie may go down as a true American classic. I remember when i saw this movie in theaters. It was such a good Movie. matt Damon Played a great role being Jason Bourne a man who forgot everything and needs to go back to his past to find his...
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this movie may go down as a true American classic. I remember when i saw this movie in theaters. It was such a good Movie. matt Damon Played a great role being Jason Bourne a man who forgot everything and needs to go back to his past to find his identity.

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Posted feb 10, 2008 8:05 pm pt

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What a great movie.It's different from other action movies I've seen so far...Very good script ;)

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Posted jan 11, 2008 6:13 am pt

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What a great non-stop action movie! A guy name Bourne can't remeber about a thing about him. And to get answer, he has to do it the hard way! Cause you got the Bad guys chasing him. I do not want to give anything away. I give this movie, 5 stars.

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Posted dec 28, 2007 4:59 am pt

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WOW! This movie was really cool with all the cool action scenes and everything. Jason Bourne is finding out who he really is in this movie which is loosly based in the novel of The Bourne Identity!

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Posted dec 9, 2007 6:53 pm pt

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Another type of spy movies which has more action feature than other spy hide and seek movies and keep you awake with unexpected scenes.

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Posted nov 26, 2007 2:47 am pt

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An original movie. The book was probaly good (I´m ashamed i havn´t read it) cause it had a wonderful story and a great main character. The script though isn´t at it´s verry best, but i...
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An original movie. The book was probaly good (I´m ashamed i havn´t read it) cause it had a wonderful story and a great main character. The script though isn´t at it´s verry best, but i can´t realy judge it for that, when i havn´t read the book(s). The acting from Matt Damon in particular is maybe my favorite preformance by him. Effects isn´t used verry mutch. But when they come, they are good. The directing is original and intressting. I realy liked this movie. And it is one of Damons absolute best.

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Posted sep 14, 2007 3:17 am pt

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Surprisingly, Matt Damon made a believable transition to action hero with this film, a thinking person's action blockbuster.

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Posted jul 14, 2007 6:47 am pt

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Based on Robert Ludlums first Bourne book in the series! The Bourne Identity is fast paced right from the start and it stays that way through-out! action packed and never stops! Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne, a government assasin who wakes to find...
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Based on Robert Ludlums first Bourne book in the series! The Bourne Identity is fast paced right from the start and it stays that way through-out! action packed and never stops! Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne, a government assasin who wakes to find he has no memory of who he is, who he worked for or anyone he knew, the story follows bourne to figure out who he is and what he used to be! unaware that he is being hunted by enemies whom he has no recolection of! fantastic movie, Matt Damon at his best!

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Posted jul 11, 2007 8:00 am pt

• [+] Variety
  
  90
  A first-rate thriller with grit and intrigue to spare.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  88
  One of those rare thrillers where the cops aren't fools, villains don't turn stupid at crucial moments, and career assassins seldom miss targets.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  88
  Blisteringly fast, Bourne also has a strong or striking supporting actor around every corner: Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles and Clive Owen in roles that range from meaty to amazingly small.

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  83
  Somehow the movie works like a clock. Its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar, but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and, at the same time, is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  80
  The movie is a generic paranoid espionage fantasy, but its proportions are refreshingly correct. It moves quickly, adroitly, and without fuss.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  This is an entertainment that really entertains because any number of interesting and unexpected choices were made, starting with the selection of Doug Liman as the director.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  80
  Entertaining, handsome and gripping, The Bourne Identity is something of an anomaly among big-budget summer blockbusters: a thriller with some brains and feeling behind it, more attuned to story and character than to spectacle.

  by Charles Taylor | Read Full Review »
• [+] Wall Street Journal
  
  80
  The outcome is distinctive and entertaining. There's no way you'd mistake this for James Bond, and no reason you would want to.

  by Joe Morgenstern | Read Full Review »
• [+] New Times (L.A.)
  
  80
  Not only an exceptional thriller, but a transcendent summer movie: It assumes, for two hours, you've brain and heart enough to stick with a film that doesn't condescend, doesn't beat you up and doesn't dumb you to death.

  by Robert Wilonsky | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  80
  It’s as formulaic as "The Sum of All Fears," but it feels fresher, hipper, less inflated.

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  80
  The Bourne Identity, like its hero, triumphs through sheer unreflective professionalism. It is, by today's standards, a modest thriller, with a self-contained storyline and with very few big special effects.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  The full-throttle approach of director Doug Liman (Swingers, Go) is impressive.

  by Hank Sartin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  There isn't a dull or dumb moment in this movie.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  80
  The result is an escapist fantasy that is -- Damon's and Potente's persuasive performances aside -- as weightless and inconsequential as a musical. And at the moment every bit as welcome.

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  78
  Like its protagonist, it never hands you explanations on a silver platter, and it makes you think a bit, something far too few thrillers do these days.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »