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Advantages: thrilling, action packed, good plot and good performances
Disadvantages: none that i can think of

the bourne identity is a film about a american soldier who is sent by his country to kill, however jason bourne doesnt suceed. his mission is to kill wombosi on a yacht, bourne sees wombosi a sleep but when he sees the children in the yacht he runs away, wombosi shoots him in the back and bourne falls in to the sea. he is picked up by fishermen and they look after him. jason however doesnt know who he is and how he got shot. the chase begins who ...
...for this film. this is the first film of the bourne trilogy, they were thinking of making only one film however this film did so well the made another one, compared to other action movies it does well as it has a lot of fighting and crashes. however i think the other bourne films are better as they have more money to work with. this film is value for money if you are a adventure and action fan. if you ask me what i think this film is like i woul ... Read review

Advantages: Everything - plot, characters, acting, literally everything
Disadvantages: Nothing...if I'm pushed I could possibly say that they are long for single episodes.

...is the first chronological film, Sharpe's Rifles is not the first chronological novel, which would be Sharpe's Tiger when he starts as a private, but the events described in that book are placed much later in the TV show. DETAILS Title: Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle [1993] Date DVD released: 29 April 2002 Runtime: 200 minutes Number of Disks: 2 Format: PAL Director: Tom Clegg Main Actors: Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley, Assumpta ...
...period is quite extraordinary. Both Sharpe's Rifles and Sharpe's Eagle are set in 1809, and with both of these two episodes the book and the episode are very similar, with only slight differences. The knowledge of the period is not however only limited to the battles and events, but a very in depth knowledge of how the army in that period worked, and how the weapons were used, including the difference between rifles and muskets which I had never ... Read review

Advantages: thriller with intelligence
Disadvantages: the "special edition" could be more special

...Damon is Jason Bourne in the first of (currently) two films that follow the lead character's journey of self discovery after falling victim to amnesia and waking up with a bullet ridden body, an alarming propensity to easy violence and the access code to a Swiss safety deposit box. Without giving too much of the plot away, there are fights and chases (including a great car chase through Paris) and a bit of romance as Bourne tries to find out who ...
...kill him. The Bourne Identity is based on the first of 4 novels written by Robert Ludlum and featuring the exploits of Jason Bourne although it differs in many respects from the version on the printed page. However it was clearly a labour of love for director Doug Liman (who had previously directed Swingers and Go and has recently gone on to have a big hit with Mr and Mrs Smith) who formed a close relationship with the author during the making of ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant
Disadvantages: None

I haven't read the book this DVD is taken from but I have however seen most if not all of the Sharpe series on the Television and I also have a few of the full length VHS tapes. Its the same old subject matter to any great film, book or series, an action hero who is not perfect but always manages to get the girl in end. I like the historical aspects of the series and agree that the scenes are very well shot and the story lines are brilliant. I really ... Read review

Advantages: Good car chase scenes, decent acting, pretty good storyline
Disadvantages: None

I got the Bourne Identity and the Bourne Supremacy DVD boxset the other day and I haven't watched the Bourne Supremacy yet but I did watch the Bourne Identity yesterday afternoon so I thought I'd post a hopefully fairly quick review on that, for anyone thinking about buying it as a catchup on the Bourne movies before going to see the new Bourne movie, the Bourne Ultimatum, in the cinema this month. **Story** *Slight warning - some of the details ...
...everything; especially what happens at the end). If you don't want to know anything about the story, scroll to the bottom and read 'conclusion' instead* This is the first movie in the trilogy, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum and is all about Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon), a government spy/assassin, who is found at the start of the movie floating in the sea with two bullets in his back and is picked up by some Italians in a nearby boat ... Read review