Today I’m going to talk about "The Bourne Identity" by Doug Liman. The story is about a man who is picked up by a fishing boat and doesn’t remember anything about who he is, where he is or why he has bullets in his back. The man (Matt Damon) finds out his name, Jason Bourne, and some information about him in a bank account in Switzerland and with the help of Marie (Franka Potente) he tries to elude assassins and to recover from his amnesia remembering everything about himself.
The main idea behind the movie is really interesting, a man that forgets everything but suddenly remembers that he knows how to speak a lot of languages; he knows martial arts, etc. Also the fact that they try to include a love story is interesting. What I didn’t like that much is that not much happens, in terms of the story, in the movie. Except in the first and last 15 minutes, Jason Bourne doesn’t find out much about whom he is or why they are trying to kill him.
We could describe the movie as a perfect "airplane movie" because you have a lot of action scenes, for example the chase with the mini cooper (Amazing!!) that make time pass quickly (something very important in a plane), but also if you take a small nap (occurs a lot in planes) when you wake up, you didn’t missed anything important in the movie.
We also have to understand that after this movie, there were 2 sequels, so it’s in part normal that this movie in particular doesn’t solve all the doubts about the story. And to be an action movie, the action scenes have a lot of quality, including scenes with car chase, shootings in the snow, foot race, escapes, etc. If you are an action movie lover this is a movie you have to watch.
In conclusion, I liked this movie because it has good action, mystery and love. What I didn’t like is the fact that in terms of story, not much happens in the two hours of movie.
Rating: 7.5
1 comments:
great review! i just re-watched this movie recently and I love it its the perfect blend of action,mystery and romance!
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