The best-selling suspense novel by late author Robert Ludlum comes to the screen for a second time, following a 1988 made-for-TV movie. Matt Damon stars as Jason Bourne, a barely alive amnesiac with a pair of bullet wounds in his back, pulled from the Mediterranean by Italian fishermen. Bourne's only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He quickly finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and a few identification documents await, but after he's pursued by security goons at the American consulate, Bourne realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Marie (Franka Potente) ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. Encountering more professional killers bent on his destruction, Bourne discovers that he possesses a surprising degree of skill in combat, martial arts, and linguistics -- handy talents that clearly indicate his past includes work as a spy and assassin, but for whom? With Marie's reluctant help, Bourne edges closer to the truth, something CIA officials want concealed at all costs. The Bourne Identity co-stars Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles. Karl Williams, Rovi
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Category Action Thriller, Unglamorized Spy Film, Paranoid Thriller
- Theme: Race Against Time, Haunted By the Past, Amnesia
- Studio: Universal Studios
- Run Time: 01 hr 59 min
- Language: French, English, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: English, French, Spanish
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Format: DVD
- Release Date: July 13, 2004
- Lead Actor: Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Chris Cooper, Matt Damon
- Supporting Actor: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Brian Cox, Gabriel Mann, Walton Goggins, Josh Hamilton, Julia Stiles, Orso Maria Guerrini, Tim Dutton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
- Director: Doug Liman
