Am not always a fan of the camera technique used here but here it added to the intensity and didn't feel that excessive or abused, certainly didn't look amateurish either. However, visually 'The Bourne Identity' is very slick and stylish, special effects very wisely kept at minimum. While still doing a good job, Clive Owen did deserve more to do than what he got, a come and go character that disappears too quickly and early.
It does lose its way a little towards the end, when things do become a little too cliché and some things could have been explained better and felt less confused. This doesn't really matter all that much though, because 'The Bourne Identity' succeeded in giving the genre a considerable freshness on the whole. Sure, the basic story is not exactly original, occasionally there is a little routine-ness. It clearly knew what it wanted to be and who to aim it at. 'The Bourne Identity' not only does what it set out to do very well, with lots of fun and intrigue, but it is also a film that has a brain and respects its audience. Had heard next to nothing but good things about the Bourne films and had been meaning to check them out for a while, while worrying as to whether they'd be my cup of tea or not. What a pleasant surprise that 'The Bourne Identity' turned out to be. There are also however ones that are too derivative, are basically style over substance (a few not even executing the style particularly well) and favour can-see-it-coming "thrills" and "twists" and bombastic action over telling a good story. There are some good, very good even, ones out there.
Nor with films that contain a good deal, or a lot, of action. Not that there is any bias intended against the spy film genre, far from it.
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