Jason Bourne es un asesino a sueldo que trabaja al servicio de la C.I.A. En su última misión, algo sale mal y acaba en el mar y con dos balas en la espalda. Un pesquero italiano lo recoge, y el médico del barco, al curarle las heridas, encuentra escondida bajo la piel una cápsula que contiene el número de una cuenta en un banco suizo. Al enterarse de que la misión de Bourne ha fracasado, su jefe, Ted Conklin, intentará eliminarlo. Pero Bourne consigue llegar a Suiza. Allí recoge en un banco una bolsa que contiene pasaportes de diversas nacionalidades e identidades. El problema de Bourne comienza cuando se da cuenta de que ha perdido la memoria y no sabe ni quién es ni por qué lo persiguen.
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The performance by the leads are a little too over the top. Jaclyn Smith is like Kim Basinger was cast with a panicky crying performance. The story is engaging though and supposedly more like the books.
Robert Ludlum’s bestselling novel The Bourne Identity is adapted as a mildly suspenseful and atmospheric TV movie. The story follows an injured man who washes ashore with no memory of who he is, but he slowly starts to suspect that he’s a hired assassin after following several clues and being pursued by a hit squad. Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith lead the cast and give cheesy, melodramatic performances. And Roger Young’s meandering, slow-paced directing doesn’t do the film any favors. The writing too is rather poor, particularly at making Bourne’s missing past a compelling mystery (which is a major failing). Incredibly long and arduous, The Bourne Identity is a bland spy thriller that feels rote and cliché.