Bourne Before
- Title: The Bourne Identity (1988)
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Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne? Yeah, that’s a little head-scratching I’ll admit. However this version of the Ludlum novel does stay closer to the character and themes of the orginal, and includes the book’s villain Carlos the Jackal.
Staying true to the novel by Robert Ludlum Jason Bourne (Chamberlain) awakes after being shot and left for for dead in the ocean knowing nothing of himself or his surroundings.
Leaving the small sleepy southern French village where he washed up our protagonist heads out to discover who he is, but he his search only leads to more questions. He is haunted by flashbacks of a women and a child and images of violence and death.
His one clue leads him to a Swiss bank account where he learns his name as his life is put in danger. Taking a woman, Marie St. Jacques (Jaclyn Smith), as a hostage Bourne escapes.
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