The Bourne Identity
2002
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 59m
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia.
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The Bourne Identity
2002
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
1h 59m
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Rated 17 Jun 2011
9
93rd
Solid any way you look at it. Awesome, intriguing plot with Matt Damon perfectly cast as Jason Bourne. Great fight scenes and action in general and it leaves a lot of mystery and questions for the viewer to wonder about, and when they do answer them in the later films they surprisingly aren't lame like in most movies. Ending is pretty lame and I wasn't too in love with the romance subplot but it serves its purpose.
Rated 17 Jun 2011
Rated 07 Apr 2008
75
94th
Boyhood loves of espionage and martial arts; mixed with latter loves of romance and continental backdrops; made into a competent, engaging film. I'm British, but this makes Bond look like a bit of a twat.
Rated 07 Apr 2008
Rated 14 Nov 2023
80
70th
Wonderful christmas movie about a workaholic who experiences memory loss and along his journey to find who he really is, discovers true love. It has quite a lot of car chases and spy action stuff but somehow never looses its simplicity and rather calm and “un-hectic” vibe. Mission Impossible meets Before Sunrise.
Rated 14 Nov 2023
Rated 04 Feb 2007
40
10th
Way overrated. The action is mediocre, and that's the best part of the film. Half the lines in the movie are completely pointless, the bad guys are totally cliché, and Matt Damon and the girl have absolutely ZERO chemistry. Maybe the book was good, but the movie was bad bad bad.
Rated 04 Feb 2007
Rated 03 Aug 2007
90
86th
My god, I thought competent action/espionage films had died out with Ronin. This was the most pleasant surprise of 2002; I went in expecting a diversion and got something that was engaging on all levels: intellectually, emotionally, and viscerally. The bone-crunching combat was a welcome change of pace from all that floaty Hong Kong/Matrix nonsense.
Rated 03 Aug 2007
Rated 18 Apr 2008
86
85th
Whoa! I thought films like this weren't made any more! 70's in-your-face thriller/action with 21st century visuals (stylish, but not Michael Bay hectic - great balance). Great trilogy, too!
Rated 18 Apr 2008
Rated 23 Aug 2009
30
19th
What brings the movie down is the headache-inducing camerawork.
Rated 23 Aug 2009
Rated 31 Jan 2010
60
53rd
So many things about this feel second hand. The rogue agent without a memory travels around Europe, which is ... nice, but not spectacular. Potente is ... cute, not gorgeous... the action scenes are... fine not super engaging... The editing is... not really that nice... and, maybe, there was a time before 'Team America' when you'd be able to watch Matt Damon without thinking just that: MAAAATT DAMOON. Well, that time has come and passed.
Rated 31 Jan 2010
Rated 09 Oct 2010
30
12th
Ah, sweet amnesia, can one ever tire of your charms? Run-of-the-mill, rather dreary spy movie that, contrary to what is sometimes claimed, is absurd, silly and utterly unrealistic. Very little to keep the viewer interested. Pedestrian direction. That a movie's action scenes are mediocre does not in and of itself imply that it must therefore count as "intelligent". The best defence of this franchise is probably tieman64's on IMDb, added on March 22, 2013.
Rated 09 Oct 2010
Rated 29 Sep 2011
90
96th
I can watch Bourne searching for his identity every day!
Rated 29 Sep 2011
Rated 29 Oct 2018
80
78th
Top badass moment? The Mini that was old enough to have actually been in The Italian Job. So this student (can tell from the tatty jumper he’s wearing) wakes up after a heavy night drinking and can’t remember a thing. Then discovers everyone is after him. Most people would assume they’d not bought their round, or got everyone kicked out of a club, but this idiot decides he’s a secret agent, or assassin, or something. Talk about self-aggrandisement. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 29 Oct 2018
Rated 21 Jan 2007
64
52nd
Surprisingly entertaining action flick. Matt Damon proves he did something worthwhile besides Rounders.
Rated 21 Jan 2007
Rated 25 Feb 2007
80
72nd
Upon rewatching the film I must say I enjoyed it a lot more. Matt Damon was fantastic as Jason Bourne. The story is smart, the action is fast paced, brutal and intelligent as well. And the soundtrack is fantastic! It's everything you could want out of an action-film.
Rated 25 Feb 2007
Rated 20 Mar 2007
79
77th
Doug Liman brings a lot of fun to the table ripping "The Bourne Identity" from its source novel and hightailing it into an exciting action film. The film, while engrossing, is actually paced out quite well, making Bourne's self-discovery its most interesting asset once the fights and chases have paid their dues.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
Rated 05 May 2007
60
47th
OK spy flick. Matt Damon is very good in the lead, but otherwise this is strictly routine
Rated 05 May 2007
Rated 30 May 2007
88
80th
Compelling storyline, highly entertaining. Matt Damon does a great job.
Rated 30 May 2007
Rated 30 Jun 2007
85
63rd
Before the Bond films finally managed to get their shit together with Casino Royale, Bourne stepped in and gave the spy genre what for. The direction is slick, the action is brutal, and Damon combines the badass with the everyman to great effect.
Rated 30 Jun 2007
Rated 09 Aug 2007
84
70th
Solid action, great character and interesting story. A win all around.
Rated 09 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
0th
Does not do justice to the book.
The last thing I want to see is Marie St. Joseph's with a different name and a different characterization. I am sure there must have been a better way of making the film.
That said, the film is fast and pacy, if you see it without reading the book first.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
86
92nd
A fun and thrilling movie that shockingly made Matt Damon an action star. It's no wonder that the Bourne movies make tons of cash.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
86
72nd
Damon is suprisingly charismatic in this, and it made Bourne become what xXx wanted to be: a new Bond.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
14th
Pretty good action but boring at some times...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
66th
A fantastic action film with good acting and great characters.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
18th
Boring. I remember the books being much more interesting.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
87
77th
Exciting. This is a great spy thriller, and a perfect role for Matt Damon. It has some awesome quick action fight scenes.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
63rd
One of Matt Damon's best roles. This movie is well writen and well acted. While somewhat implausible in parts, it's a really good movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
93
83rd
Great action thriller. It has everything and actually made me like Matt Damon quite a bit. The type of movie you can watch way more than once.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
17th
Pretty boring-predictable plot; Potente doesn't belong in Hollywood (and, thankfully, already came to this conclusion herself and moved back to Berlin).
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 09 Nov 2007
82
76th
This is the new Bond. The movie moves so quickly, you're out of breath after the first thirty minutes. Yet it don't make you feel hollow inside like the Bond franchise does.
Rated 09 Nov 2007
Rated 30 Dec 2007
45
20th
Some exciting action pieces but overall a really weak entry into a series that got much better as it progressed.
Rated 30 Dec 2007
Rated 22 Feb 2008
95
96th
Awesome!!! Matt's perfomance came out of nowhere and blew me away. I love Famke's role as well, and miss her in the sequels.
Rated 22 Feb 2008
Rated 02 Mar 2008
71
76th
The first of the Bourne trilogy makes a clear impact, bearing the hallmarks of a great new series of films yet to come. Taking a more realistic spin on the traditional spy movie and throwing a few spanners into the works, it makes an enjoyable viewing sporting among others one excellent chase sequence. Damon puts in a good performance as Bourne and the action is swift and the plotline slick, if a little difficult to keep fully in track with at times. A surprisingly great action thriller.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
Rated 25 Jun 2008
57
24th
good movie, action-packed. not as good as the books though.
Rated 25 Jun 2008
Rated 20 Jul 2008
84
68th
A fast-paced action movie mixed with a LITTLE bit of romance.
Rated 20 Jul 2008
Rated 27 Aug 2008
71
41st
Just didn't really get this movie. The action scenes were a little blown out of proportion. I felt like it tried to follow the same idea as the Matrix, but for it take place in today's world and not as a scientific flick hurts it. If they cut down on the stupid fighting and stuck to just the storyline I think I would have liked it more. I am a fan of Damon but after all the good stuff I heard about it I was quite disappointed.
Rated 27 Aug 2008
Rated 04 Mar 2009
30
31st
Shakey cam shakey cam *vomit*
Rated 04 Mar 2009
Rated 13 Mar 2009
40
1st
The BORED identity, I fell asleep watching this awful movie.
Rated 13 Mar 2009
Rated 22 May 2009
70
29th
Suspenseful, in a forgettable sort of way
Rated 22 May 2009
Rated 04 Jun 2009
84
83rd
A very fine action film loaded with kick-ass action sequences and an incredible turn from Matt Damon, who'd never ventured into Action Hero territory before. When it came out it was viewed as surprisingly realistic (by action standards), but viewed in conjunction with its sequels it's almost too slick and glossy. The cast is great and the movie is a lot of fun, but it lacks the maturity that makes Greengrass's Bournes so great. It's still a thinking man's actioner, but it could go deeper.
Rated 04 Jun 2009
Rated 16 Jun 2009
90
49th
Good spy thriller. I wasn't always totally engaged but it was entertaining and fun to see. Spy movies usually lose me in their complexity, but this one, while complicated, was easy enough to follow that I wasn't confused.
Rated 16 Jun 2009
Rated 22 Feb 2010
95
94th
apart from being a very good, intense movie two special merits:
- awesome hand to hand combat (best i can think of right now including Tony Jaa or Jason statham)
- one of the best available car chases
Rated 22 Feb 2010
Rated 04 Mar 2010
0
25th
Maybe I'm missing something, but the Bourne series has always seemed like generic, unintelligent action to me.
Rated 04 Mar 2010
Rated 23 Jun 2010
69
84th
A great spy thriller, and an intriguing premise. Also, the fact that Bourne has basically been engineered explains away a lot of the pseudo-superpower cliches that the heroes in these movies usually have.
Rated 23 Jun 2010
Rated 23 Oct 2011
90
64th
I love this movie. Liman directs this capably. Some of the quick edits weren't fantastic, but I was never lost in them, if you know what I mean. Damon fits the role like a glove, and the supporting cast is all really good as well. Seeing Bourne piece his past together and taking the journey with him is just so intriguing and hard to resist once you've watched the screen from the forest act to the very end. It spawned off a bunch of poor copycats, but this has aged very well regardless.
Rated 23 Oct 2011
Rated 08 Mar 2012
85
94th
Terrific opening to one of my favorite trilogies. Damon's Bourne is a spy unique in the genre -- cold, calm, and calculating in the most tense situations, but deeply disturbed by his lack of identity. The action itself is top notch as well.
Rated 08 Mar 2012
Rated 09 Jul 2012
80
78th
Personal favorite in the series just edging out Ultimatum with its originality and lack of Shakycam3000.
Rated 09 Jul 2012
Rated 20 Aug 2015
100
91st
The story of a man (Matt Damon), salvaged, near death, from the ocean by an Italian fishing boat. When he recuperates, the man suffers from total amnesia, without identity or background... except for a range of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistic skills 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 he's being lethally pursued by assassins.
Rated 20 Aug 2015
Rated 28 Aug 2018
20
8th
Tedious. Generic American thriller with an idiotic love story ('dangerous men are so sexy!'). Nothing makes sense, but fast enough that you don't notice when watching it with the brain half-off. We've been fed this kind of stories with nonsense and impossible technologies for decades that they've gained a sort of autonomy, they're 'normal' within these movies. And direction is so bland, so uninventive...
Rated 28 Aug 2018
Rated 09 Sep 2021
3
36th
i have questions about why the CIA built a killing machine whose heartstrings can be tugged on by children (lame ass reveal), or why they seem to have borrowed their office from the local newspaper, and i wish the african dictator stuff went further and the finale wasn't franchise-baiting garbo. still the best one for its muted unease, lack of exposition, trio of strong set pieces, potente, and damon's assassin-next-door dopiness, most of which is discarded by the smug jameson bounrdne sequels.
Rated 09 Sep 2021
Rated 11 Apr 2023
86
83rd
So over the past week I went back and rewatched the trilogy. Its interesting going back to things you were a big fan of. Does it hold up? Are there new things to appreciate? Was my young high school brain able to see through the shaky cam better? Yes to all. This is great as a standalone as the ending works. Supremecy and Ultimatum are equally fantastic aside from maybe the last 5 minutes of the latter. Cont. in pt 2
Rated 11 Apr 2023
Rated 01 Dec 2006
70
29th
great movie, never liked Matt Damon though
Rated 01 Dec 2006
Rated 12 Dec 2006
88
76th
damn good
Rated 12 Dec 2006
Rated 13 Dec 2006
75
28th
Not nearly as awesome as the book, but not bad
Rated 13 Dec 2006
Rated 30 Dec 2006
60
59th
An ok movie, but it sounds like the sequels ruin it.
Rated 30 Dec 2006
Rated 02 Jan 2007
85
74th
Superb adaption of Ludlum's spy novel with a great performance from Matt Damon as Bourne. Also has some of the most brutal looking martial arts committed to film and easily beats the Brosnan Bond movies in the super-spy stakes.
Rated 02 Jan 2007
Rated 19 Jan 2007
86
80th
Very watchable and intelligent spy thriller. It falters in a few places but is generally entertaining.
Rated 19 Jan 2007
Rated 22 Jan 2007
60
22nd
I keep getting this one and the other Bourne film mixed up, but I liked one of them, so I'll take a chance and give this one a 60.
Rated 22 Jan 2007
Rated 24 Feb 2007
73
28th
Bourne Identity gets praised for being a gritty action flick with little reliance on special effects and a plot that's smarter than most of its genre, but still easy enough for the average patron to follow. There, you're welcome: I just cracked this film's overwhelming popularity. Personally, I've just found it to be an adequate thriller that doesn't really have much going for it except the groundwork for some better sequels. I hear that's the case, but if everyone raises THIS to gold status...
Rated 24 Feb 2007
Rated 27 Feb 2007
80
47th
I saw this for the first time over the weekend. Not a bad film to get lost in for an hour or so.
Rated 27 Feb 2007
Rated 01 Mar 2007
65
73rd
Quality.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
Rated 01 Mar 2007
65
54th
i loved the books, but this wasn't half bad
Rated 01 Mar 2007
Rated 04 Mar 2007
80
55th
I had just read the book, so i came out of this movie absolutely hating it. I look back on this and the sequel now as very good action movies. I really wish they had followed the book, but i'm willing to forgive them, because these really are good movies.
Rated 04 Mar 2007
Rated 25 Mar 2007
88
90th
There's a reason these films are popular. And the series didn't really wane in quality until they made one without Damon in the titular role. This movie certainly made other copy-cat spy films popular, which is also not a bad thing.
Rated 25 Mar 2007
Rated 25 Apr 2007
78
50th
I enjoy movies where one guy knows way more than he should about what's going on around him; therefore I found this movie enjoyable.
Rated 25 Apr 2007
Rated 01 May 2007
83
75th
One thing I remember about seeing this film in theaters was the way the sound reverberated, the other was how it made Matt Damon awesomer.
Rated 01 May 2007
Rated 28 May 2007
75
59th
Such a refreshing take on the spy genre after Bond's incessant gadget-sploodging missions. Great action and espionage elements. Disappointing sequel, however.
Rated 28 May 2007
Rated 08 Jun 2007
85
90th
Tense thriller - a kind of anti-Bond. A great acting combo of Matt Damon and Franka Potente, and a skilled director. Bonus points for a Run Lola Run reference!
Rated 08 Jun 2007
Rated 12 Jun 2007
70
50th
The music already makes this movie feel dated. But otherwise it's pretty good. Most of the CIA exposition feels entirely unnecessary. Wouldn't have it been more suspenseful to stick more faithfully to Matt Damon's point of view? Anyways. The Bourne movies kind of feel like action movies for people who hate action movies. It's refreshing.
Rated 12 Jun 2007
Rated 12 Jul 2007
93
85th
A really solid spy flick/thriller. Damon does a great job in the role.
Rated 12 Jul 2007
Rated 25 Jul 2007
80
47th
a very entertaining film if a bit shallow.
Rated 25 Jul 2007
Rated 06 Aug 2007
77
64th
A solid, post-Bond spy thriller that trades world domination for personal realization. Matt Damon works well as cold ex-spy Jason Bourne, action scenes are top notch.
Rated 06 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
67
39th
Meh.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
50th
packed full of action and action packed...nuff said
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
74th
A tough and entertaining modern action flick with a highly skilled super spy kicking ass and taking names. Bourne is way cooler than Bond.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
81
68th
A very interesting thriller about a spy who lost his memory on the job.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
94
93rd
One of the best action/spy movies I've ever seen. Matt Damon turns in a great performance as an amnesiac superspy evading capture by his own people. A more serious James Bond for the modern era.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
86th
Bourne ushered in a new kind of action hero, and Matt Damon surprised everyone with his ability to kick ass and take names. The best part about this one is the smooth flow of the action, not to be overshadowed by a great cast.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
30th
Pretty good action/thriller movie. I quite like Matt Damon here.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
86th
Surprisingly good action/adventure in the James Bond mold. Damon doesn't get enough credit.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
72
44th
Some interesting action but lacks the compelling complexity and intricacy of the book
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
58th
Yup, not badly done at all. It helps that the books were AWESOME, so I'd recommend reading those as well as watching the movies (it's a trilogy in case you didn't know). Great fight scenes, but the plot will make a LOT more sense of you read the books. Seriously.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
75th
Oh, ho, yes. Didn't understand how they were gonna pull it off, but they made Matt Damon an action hero. This is a great first installment of an innovative franchise that truly takes you on wild rides around the world.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
66
29th
Much snappier than I expected -- and Matt Damon is much better in a dangerous thriller role than I expected, too.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
76th
Unique action cinematography and choreography along with a dramatic, fast-paced plot make The Bourne Identity an exciting thrill ride. Really good!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
67th
Good action film. Damon makes action easy.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
75th
A smart thriller filled with plot twists, credible acting, and reliable action sequences. A good time had by all.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
81st
the bourne series is good, action and well written
Rated 14 Aug 2007
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