The Bourne Identity (2002) Review
The Bourne Identity (2002) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Doug Liman fought the studio through a chaotic shoot, put a fight scene in a Paris apartment with a ballpoint pen, and reset what an action film…
Clive Owen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Closer, and was for years the most persistently rumoured candidate for James Bond without ever being cast.
Children of Men is the lead performance to seek out, carrying a film built around extended single takes, and Croupier is the small British film that made his reputation. He came from the Royal Academy and Chancer on British television.
Adewale Akinnuoye-AgbajeThe Bourne Identity (2002) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Doug Liman fought the studio through a chaotic shoot, put a fight scene in a Paris apartment with a ballpoint pen, and reset what an action film…
Alan BatesRobert Altman's 2001 English country house mystery with substantial class commentary. Julian Fellowes screenplay foreshadows Downton.
Brian CoxThe Bourne series is one of the most influential American action franchises of the past twenty-five years and the production that basically transformed how mainstream action cinema is shot, edited, and choreographed. Two additional Ludlum novels followed.
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