‘The Bourne Identity’

When the man awakes one day morning, he does possess some extraordinary fighting, linguistic and self-defense talents. Unfortunately, the man suffers from amnesia. It is a worry of Matt Damon, actor of ‘The Bourne Identity’.

The Bourne Identity" is a skillful action movie about a plot that exists only to support a skillful action.

is rescued at sea by the crew of an Italian fishing boat. Nearly dead, he carries only the bullets in his back and the bank account number implanted in his hip. He suffers from amnesia. He runs off with CIA, but is assisted by the initially rebellious Marie (Franka Potente).

In the opening part of the movie, audiences know who he is, but only Damon doesn’t know who he is. He is an assassination agent of CIA who executes a secret operation, and so CIA attempts to kill him to hide his failed secret operation.

As a psychological tension of the movie, when knocked down by only crisis situation, he shows off his superior ability unconsciously. Damon watches someone who knows who I am.

Such as a battle fought in pursuit of CIA, visual thrill action screens are perfect and complete. The movie is full of a performance of Matt Damon. It is a box-office movie which earned US$ 120 million this Summer in US. The picture is based on Robert Ludlum`s 1980 spy novel. The movie is directed by Doug Liman. Its original name is ‘The Bourne Identity’. The movie will be open to over 12 years old audiences from October 18.

Hee-Kyung Kim susanna@donga.com