Action Hero MoviesThis is not a bad movie, it’s consistently entertaining, but the highs are never very high, so I can’t rate it any higher than slightly Above Average considering the many movies reviewed thus far and how they’ve been rated, including many classics rated Bang Average and just Above Average already.
If you enjoyed this movie and wish to see more, you’re in luck, since Bourne Identity is only the first of a 5-movie saga, including a trilogy starring Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity 2002; The Bourne Supremacy 2004; The Bourne Ultimatum 2007), then he skips the fourth (The Bourne Legacy 2012) since he felt the saga had run its course, but then he comes back for the fifth (Jason Bourne 2016). He looks very young in this first movie and is semi convincing in his role but still a bit green.
Franka Potente as the lead female kind of works — she has a Swiss vibe about her, perhaps with a touch of French. Her and The chemistry between her and Matt Damon kind of works and comes across on screen, but not in a big way.