Critics and awards bodies seem to have decided the second and third films – 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy and 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum – are the best of the bunch. Now five movies and one series into the Bourne experience, the film that started it all has been somewhat forgotten. And to distinguish itself from its predecessors, the quips are kept to a minimum.
A love story but one that doesn’t get in the way of the hero’s sense of purpose. A globe-trotting adventure with at least one heart-stopping car chase and lots of nifty hand-to-hand combat. Providing a model for both the rest of the Mission: Impossible franchise and the Daniel Craig-led reboot of James Bond, The Bourne Identity nailed the formula of the modern action film: a stoic intelligence agent who has a complicated relationship with his own government. And then came The Bourne Identity, a film that would so heavily influence the future of action film-making that it doesn’t feel the least bit dated today.
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