The Bourne Identity (2002)

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A man is washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, barely alive, suffering from multiple gun shot wounds. His amnesia has left with virtually no clues to his past or his identity. Little by little, he tries to put his life back together while trying to avoid various people who are trying to kill him. Ultimately, he teams up with a mysterious woman from his past and she helps him to discover the truth.

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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

Actors: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Julia Stiles, Clive Owen
Directors: Doug Liman
Writers: Tony Gilroy, William Blake Herron
Producers: Doug Liman, Patrick Crowley, Richard N. Gladstein, Robert Ludlum, Frank Marshall

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