The Bourne Identity: Critic Reviews

The Bourne Identity is a blockbuster without a point... Despite its good-looking veneer, its breakneck pace, its daisy-chain of expert set-pieces, some crucial logic or motive appears to have been junked along the way.

The Bourne Identity is no mere summer amusement park ride. It's as gray as Go was colorful and a cool contrast to its source material.

Liman can uncork leap-out-of-your-seat shocks, draw out suspense scenes with malicious finesse and even ease a touch of romance and droll humor into the yarn.

A rollicking adventure yarn.

A first-rate thriller with grit and intrigue to spare.

Violent but thrilling first of the Bourne action trilogy.

"The Bourne Identity" is a well-written action spy film that stays true to its espionage thriller genre while inflicting flinch-inducing moments of pure cinematic action.

A suspenseful thriller that showcases stunning visuals, great acting and a story that will keep you entertained from start to finish.

This is a long sweet breath of fresh air in the action genre, a genre I'm admittedly very tired of, and I welcomed this change of pace with an action film that has an actual plot.

Farfetched plotting nearly capsizes this globe-trotting thriller but director Doug Liman certainly keeps the international intrigue and testosterone flowing at an entertaining clip.

You may be surprised by the fact that this formula spy thriller has been delivered with a matter-of-fact efficiency that proves highly entertaining.

A sleek espionage thriller that reduces the world to the size of a postage stamp. Matt Damon is terrific.

The movie is about muscular speed and skill, and that's all it's about. Like its hero, it's blank by design.

For once, a sequel would be welcome.

Efficient set pieces come neatly spaced every ten to 15 minutes -- just often enough to keep you credulous -- and the trans-European settings lend a classy backdrop.

...Liman is also clever enough to make the real action start when the motor stops.

The Bourne Identity is an intense, violent, bite-your-nails-to-the-quick thriller.

One of the many problems, other than Damon's lack of emotion, is the fact that there's no suspense.

...puts the snap, crackle and pop back into the spy thriller.

The result is an intriguingly paced thriller that knows how to milk some excitement out of smaller scenes.

All the style cannot make up for the flagging energy level of the narrative.

... With its script problems, it's probably better than it should be ...

Typical light summer fare.

As cenas de acao sao otimas e ha boa quimica entre Damon e Potente. O roteiro tambem e instigante, embora nao totalmente satisfatorio.

It's a really safe bet that Damon will be Bourne again.