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Bourne Identity

Starring:
Matt Damon
Franka Potente
Chris Cooper

average rating: ★★★★★
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performance: ★★★★★
screenplay: ★★★★★
plot/storyline: ★★★★★
cinematography: ★★★★★
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Action

This was a really good movie. I'd heard good things about it and all, but this surpassed my expectations.

Matt Damon does a really great job. He plays an amnesiac who is slowly learning who he was - and that person was not someone good. Franka Potente is interesting playing his only friend throughout the film, a cute sort of romance among the impressive fighting scenes and CIA computers.

The story is so clever, which is half the reason the movie is so good. Everything to do with Jason Bourne (Damon) is awesome. He is such a complex character, having been previously programmed to be a lethal genius, and to never make mistakes, strategically, at least. Now that he has amnesia, he still has all of those skills, but doesn't know why. The movie is generally split into Jason and Marie (Potente) driving around the world in her little Mini Cooper and the CIA trying to track his moves. There are also some fantastic fighting and chase scenes.

Unlike many trilogies, the movie wraps itself up as a first, but with just enough loose ends to make a second. I don't think I've watched enough action movies to rightfully assume such an opinion, but I would say (if I watched lots of action movies, mind you) that it's a notch above the rest. (But I don't watch a lot of action movies, mind you.) :P