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...amnesia afflicting Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is, luckily for him, only partial. He can't quite remember what line of work he's in (CIA assassin) or how he came to be floating, more dead than alive, in the Mediterranean Sea one dark and stormy night...
...Bourne Identity has a couple of things going for it beyond the slick expertise of its making. One of them is Matt Damon. He's a cute guy, but not, in this instance, a cuddlesome one. He has an idea of how a man feeling his way along dangerous ground, with no memory to guide him, might behave. Which is warily. He doesn't have a lot of energy to spare for comic quips or romantic dither either. Think of him as the anti...
...present, no threats of ghastly weaponry falling into erratic hands. The bad guys remain traditional bureaucrats trying to cover their backsides. They still attempt to kill the old-fashioned way, up close and personal, but without a fanatic's awful malice. The result is an escapist fantasy that is--Damon's and Potente's persuasive performances aside--as weightless and inconsequential as a musical. And at the moment every bit as welcome. --By Richard Schickel
...next year’s female captain, McLoon will be hard-pressed to replace the leadership provided by Damon and co-captain Julia Silvis...
CAPTAINS Kenan Stern and Sarah Luskin (Alpine), Katherine Damon and Julia Silvis (Nordic...