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If whispered monologues were currency, The Bourne Identity would settle the national debt.
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2002 · Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
The Bourne Identity
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
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2002
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Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
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@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-11 03:00 UTC
The Bourne Identity: every character holds the idiot ball with both hands and a strap.
@RATIO_RAT2025-12-20 21:00 UTC
The Bourne Identity: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.
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The Bourne Identity: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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The Bourne Identity (2002) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 25/100. Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many peopl…
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The Bourne Identity works best as a modern catalog staple for action fans. With a Burn Index of 25/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.
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The Bourne Identity scores 25/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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r/boxoffice · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 1.2k points
Unpopular opinion: The Bourne Identity is the most overrated film of the decade
Director clearly thought The Bourne Identity was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/criticalkino · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 3.1k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Bourne Identity actually is?
Just got out of The Bourne Identity and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 4.2k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Bourne Identity?
Rewatched The Bourne Identity last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/boxoffice · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 3.0k points
Hot Take: The Bourne Identity's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Look, I wanted to love The Bourne Identity. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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