The Bourne Identity

Before Mission Impossible – Jason Bourne is the original and ultimate action hero

‘A superspy to rival Bond’ Independent

‘He’s more mysterious than Bond, more real than Batman and more complex than Bruce Willis’ Stella

Go back to where it all began for Bourne in his first adventure

He was dragged from the sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues: a frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the skin of his hip; evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face; strange things he says in his delirium, which could be code words. And a number on the film negative that leads to a bank account in Zurich, four million dollars and a name for the amnesiac: Jason Bourne.

Now he is running for his life. A man with an unknown past and an uncertain future, the target of assassins and at the heart of a deadly puzzle. He’s fighting for survival and no one can help him – except the one woman who once wanted to escape him …