Guest blogger: David K1

The Bourne Identity is a story about a man (Matt Damon) who can't remember who he is after he is found drifting at sea by a fishing boat of the coast of Marseilles, France. He only has two bullet wounds and device that was under his skin with the number for a Swiss bank account. The fisherman gives him money to take a train to Switzerland where before finding the bank, he puts two cops in the hospital, and then tears the bank apart in an action sequence. The movie then goes on to be driven by his actions and desire to learn his true identity. His journey takes him to Paris where he has an apartment that turns out to be a safe house that isn’t really safe. Now that the C.I.A. knows that he is alive and his mission is a failure he must be killed. The C.I.A. sends several trained assassins after Bourne who later reads in a Paris news paper that he is an assassin for the C.I.A. and is being hunted because he has gone rogue and is to be considered armed and dangerous. He and his only friend, a gypsy named Marie, played by Franka Potente head for the French countryside. On the way out of Paris there is an amazing car chase sequence in which we see more of Bourne's training. Once in the country they are again ambushed by another assassin, but again Bourne prevails to continue his fight against the C.I.A. to learn his true identity and to stay alive. He goes on to learn more and the action packed movie depends completely on his decision making. Faced with constant choices, he has to choose which direction will keep him alive. The action is packed in to the movie very well. The cast is great, however the plot is fairly predictable, like most action films, but this one is much more character driven. The ending has a nice little twist to it, so if you haven’t see the movie I highly recommend watching it. Then check out the rest of the Bourne series. I was equally impressed with all of them, and this one doesn’t disappoint.