The Bourne Identity (1988)

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	Year of first release: 1988
	Director: Roger Young
	Actors: Richard Chamberlain (King Solomon's Mines,  Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold), Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels - TV series), Anthony Quayle (The Guns of Navarone), Donald Moffat (The Thing)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 18.08.2012, DVD, 32" TV and 19.08.2012, DVD, Home cinema
Synopsis: A man is found on the shore of a small mediteranean french city and a doctor takes care of him. He doesn't remember who he is, but he finds out he is very good at killing. For him will follow a race across Europe, looking for clues about his past and the mysterious project Treadstone 71.
Review: I was curious to see how the Ludlum best-seller was adapted back in 1988, fourteen years before the hit starring Matt Damon. I didn't know it was not a movie but a TV mini-series, made of two episodes for a total duration of three hours. This has the advantage of giving more time for a more complex story and sub-stories, but the drawback of distillating the action. This action is not displayed in the same dynamic way that made the success of the 2002 version, but is entertaining nonetheless. The actors in this TV show are not very good, and the way of shooting is not very exciting (the love scene at 1/4 of the movie is pathetic), but the story is quite OK, probably thanks to the original book. If you have 3 hours to spare and like the character of Jason Bourne...
Rating: 5 /10