This savvy adaptation of Robert Ludlum's action-clogged 1980 bestseller benefits from the fact that the filmmakers were smart enough to throw out most of the book's preposterous spills and thrills and concentrate instead on its intriguing central character: An amnesiac who finds himself the target of some very scary assassins. Sixty miles off the coast of Marseilles, the body of a young man (Matt Damon) is pulled out of the stormy Mediterranean by the crew of a French fishing boat. To the amazement of the boat's doctor (Orso Maria-Guerrini), the man is still alive — incredible, considering that he's been shot twice in the back. But when the stranger eventually regain...
Released:
2002
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
113 mins