The Bourne Identity is a great book. Classical bestselling page-turner material, to cram in some cliches
The movie was nowhere near as good, but I thought that the way they played some of the action was interesting. It was really underplayed and had a realistic feel to it. Of course, I'm not saying it WAS realistic, but the divergence from normal 'bang bang BOOM' action movies was IMO appreciated.
Solid