Beirut vs The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.3/10 for Beirut). Beirut is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 59m. The Bourne Identity is the older of the two (2002 against 2018). Both are action, drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Beirut posterBeirut2018 VS The Bourne Identity posterThe Bourne Identity2002
BeirutThe Bourne Identity
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 7.5/10
Year20182002
Length1h 49m1h 59m
GenresAction, Drama, ThrillerAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorBrad AndersonDoug Liman
Main castDean Norris, Jon Hamm, Shea Whigham, Rosamund Pike, Mark PellegrinoWalton Goggins, Brian Cox, Franka Potente, Clive Owen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Synopsis

Beirut

In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.

The Bourne Identity

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

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