The Movie: The Bourne Identity is a slick spy movie that actually manages to have a decent storyline that isn't completely cheesy or predictable. I have to admit, I first became interested in this movie because, well, I like Matt Damon, who does a pretty great job as a secret government operative who has amnesia and can't remember who he is. OK, this setup sounds like Jackie Chan's Who Am I, which was a completely different kind of movie.

Anyway, he can't remember anything about himself, but he soon discovers he has some remarkable abilities, like being able to kill people really easily and stuff like that. Along the way he picks up cute chick and they go on the run together, while we find out more and more about his identity, who he works for, and what is really going on.

Little tidbits that I liked about this movie include seeing Clive Owen in a small part as another assassin... rolling in a BMW just like he does in the BMW Films series, the car chase with the (old) Mini, and the beautiful shots around various European locations.

Overall, I found this a fun, and entertaining movie with plenty of action, even if not particularly intellectually stimulating.

The DVD: There are separate widescreen and "fullscreen" versions of this DVD, so make sure you're getting the one you really want. The video transfer is quite clean, and sharp. I can't say that the colors were particularly vibrant, but I'm pretty sure that was by design. Overall, I'd say that it was faithful to the original film.

The audio is pristine, though the film itself didn't seem to have too much use of any surround effects, or anything like that. As usual, the DTS audio had just that little extra bit of clarity and life, but this isn't a real "show off your surround sound system" type of DVD if that's what you're looking for.

As far as the features go, you get a trailer, a featurette, some deleted scenes (that when viewed, make it obvious why they were deleted), an audio commentary track, and an alternate ending... which the TV commercials for the DVD release hyped up as being something really big, but like the other deleted scenes, it was pretty obvious why they didn't use it.