It was a classic spy movie, even though theres plenty of action i never feeled excited EVER in the entire movie. Mind you that im not a fan of spy movies or action movies, so il say this. It was a good spy movie, but not a good movie.If you dont like spy movies or action movies like me and watch this thinking that maybe ONCE u might change ur opinion about these types of movies, dont watch it. :)

I've wondered for years why I never managed to watch Bourne Identity in it's entirety. Now having sat down and forced myself I now understand. I'm sorry it might be a realistic spy movie but it has SERIOUS pacing issues.

Until I noticed that the reason he is able to kill the other expert assassin is because the other assassin kills the family dog for no apparent reason. This is too big of a plot hole for me to swallow. Otherwise the movie is great. The action scenes are amazing and the pace is really good.

I imagine a lot of people forget the more humble, stealthy experience that is the beginning of the Bourne story.When a man is found afloat in the ocean he finds he has no memory of who he is. When a shadowy covert operation begins to send assassins after him and watch his every move, terrible truths are revealed as he is on the run.Having enjoyed films like The Fugitive, The Bourne Identity was a natural progression for me, it is probably a massively underrated film especially since its own series got so bombastic. Identity is such a moody, quiet and real experience. Damon plays a very subtle character in Jason Bourne; a man who has no identity to define himself with, but has hard truths to find answers for. The film is not exposition heavy, even when it frequently bounces from our hero to the men hunting him, it maintains a strong sense of tension and mystery without ruining it with blatancy or over explaining everything. Something action movies do far too often. Directed by Doug Liman (not Paul Greengrass, who would continue the series) and scored by John Powell, the film is drenched in a great atmosphere of tension and puzzle solving.The characters too are compellingly human, everyone is performing extremely well here, Brian Cox, Chris Cooper and Franka Potente, Clive Owen is even briefly in this well cast film. No one feels out of place, unnecessary or poorly written.The action sequences are great too. From what I remember of Greengrass' follow-up Supremacy there was a lot of shaky cam, and I was surprised at the lack of shaky cam in this movie. Sequences are very well shot, giving kinetic weight yet not loosing the audience in the process (and this was after Gladiator, when everyone wanted to do shaky-cam!) There's an awesome car chase too involving Bourne escaping in an old Mini Cooper, very memorable stuff.All in all The Bourne Identity is a superb and solid action thriller that took everyone by surprise, propelling one of the biggest action/espionage franchises since Bond forward.