the bourne identity

The Bourne Identity is a 1980 Spy Fiction novel by Robert Ludlum. The novel follows an amnesiac man who has no memory of who is other than his name, Jason Bourne, and possess remarkable fighting and survival abilities. As Jason tries to discover who he really is, he gets chase by assassins, a mysterious shadowy group and the CIA, who all want him dead for their own reasons. The novel would later have two sequels, The Bourne Supremacy in 1986 and The Bourne Ultimatum in 1990.

The novels would later be adapted in live action. The first was the 1988 miniseries, The Bourne Identity staring Richard Chamberlain as Jason Bourne on ABC.

The second and most well known and popular adaption is the 2002 movie, The Bourne Identity staring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, which was well received. It would later spawn several sequels; The Bourne Supremacy in 2004, The Bourne Ultimatum in 2007 and Jason Bourne in 2016 and a spin-off, The Bourne Legacy in 2012.