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DVD The Bourne Identity (Widescreen Extended Edition)
Freely adapted from Robert Ludlum's 1980 bestseller, The Bourne Identity starts fast and never slows down. The twisting plot revs up in Zurich, where amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), with no memory of his name, profession, or recent activities, recruits a penniless German traveler (Run Lola Run's Franka Potente) to assist in solving the puzzle of his missing identity. While his CIA superior (Chris Cooper) dispatches assassins to kill Bourne and thus cover up his failed mission, Bourne exercises his lethal training to leave a trail of bodies from Switzerland to Paris. Director Doug Liman (Go) infuses Ludlum's intricate plotting with a maverick's eye for character detail, matching breathtaking action with the humorous, thrill-seeking chemistry of Damon and Potente. Previously made as a 1988 TV movie starring Richard Chamberlain, The Bourne Identity benefits from the sharp talent of rising stars, offering intelligent, crowd-pleasing excitement from start to finish. --Jeff Shannon
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They Created The Perfect Killing Machine
It's been a very long time since I enjoyed watching a movie this much.
In fact I have to go back to the 1960s when the old Town Theater in Watertown, NY used to have James Bond marathons. The kids would all cheer when James got out of a tough spot.
This movie is sort of a James Bond for adults. It closes the gap between what's totally impossible and what could be somewhat believable (with a little imagination that is).
The characters captured my interest immediately due to the perfect casting. You feel like these are real people.
They try to keep the main character sort of impersonable. You rarely see him eat anything, no big sex scenes. All of this is consistent with making him appear to be almost super human.
It is quite funny at times as the girlfriend tries to comprehend what she has gotten herself into. "He went out the window. Why would somebody do that ?"
Technically there are great fight scenes and weapons throughout the movie. They use a lot of silencers. It is true a ball point pen can be used to inflict serious injury on someone. However I don't know how true it is that two karate experts can continously smash each other in the face.
Some people believe that the guy who killed Robert Kennedy was under some sort of mind control. He doesn't remember anything about what happened.
We saw recently that a former KGB agent was poisoned in England with some bizzare radioactive substance.
Yes those intelligence agencies are still out there.
As often happens when people create something dangerous they themselves eventually become the victims of their own creation.
Jeff Marzano
TRAINED TO BE THE BEST
Matt Damon plays a CIA agent (Bourne) who loses his identity after a botched job. His handlers think he is a rogue agent and call in all "assets" to take him out. THE BOURNE IDENTITY is a classy, realistic film. By realistic, I mean not only the various sets in Paris and Switzerland and on a trawler in the Mediterranean, but the fact that Damon, when he is zapping some bad guy, usually finds himself in a hell of a fight. The bad guys are GOOD! That goes to make this a more believeable thriller than, say, MI III, where the bad guys are push overs and our hero is amazing. Damon does a great acting job as a believeably tough guy who can think fast on his feet. There is a sweet, understated love interest with Franka Potente, a fresh screen face, not too beautiful, which also lends to realism, who plays a stranger whom Damon befriends. Adapted from Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, the screenplay is tight and keeps the viewer wondering, along with Damon, who he is and how he will survive. In essense, this is a chase-and-run flick, with the CIA (again) as the bad guys. They give a good account of themselves, however, but Damon was apparently trained to be the best. I'll take Damon to watch my back any time over Tom Cruise when things go down. Recommended highly.
The Bourne Identity DVD
The DVD was good quality. The only disappointment was that there was no scene selection in the main menu.
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When we met our hero, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in THE BOURNE IDENTITY,
he was trying not to remember what happened last time and ends up
in a beachhouse. This film, as great as the first one has Bourne
trying to escape the beachhouse when the CIA (led by Joan Allen)
wants him dead, killing his girlfriend (Franka Potente) and taking
harmless Nicky (Julia Stiles) as hostage, leading Bourne many places
(incvluding India, Germany, Moscow, and more). Breathtaking,
entertaining sequel has as much car chases as THE ITALIAN JOB
and still the suspense of Robert Ludlum's book. A sequel
is expected next year, just for your imformation. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Paul Greengrass DVD Release Date: Released the 07 December 2004 Usually ships in 6 to 11 days
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