Other Movies in the Bourne Series new to DVD/Blu-Ray Flipper Disc:

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Ultimatum

The flipper disc is a new format that makes sense.. It’s a great way for people to gradually transition their home movie collection from DVD to Blu-ray. The flipper disc has a DVD copy of the film on one side, and then on the other side of film, a Blu-ray copy... Lava Records experimented with something similar a few years ago with CD/DVD but DVD audio never caught on like it was supposed to. That’s mainly due the illegal downloading craze that was two years ago and DVD audio never catching on. Universal makes it run with the flipper disc, a run that makes sense, with the release of the Bourne series on flipper disc.

The Bourne Identity is about Jason Bourne, a black-ops secret agent for the U.S. that somehow winds up face up in the ocean and is saved by a group of sailors. He doesn’t remember his name, he doesn’t remember where he lived, he doesn’t remember anything about his life… When he finds a tattoo of a bank account number on his body he uses that as a starting point. From there his agency learns he’s alive and they want him back or they want him dead. The movie follows Bourne running and hiding from the people that are trying to kill him, he does this all while trying to figure out who he is and why he can do the things he can do.

The DVD side of the film is the DVD side it has a few extras- but the Blu-Ray side of the film is where the extra content is at. There’s a music video from Moby, an alternate ending, and an alternate opening, an extended scene, some deleted scenes, some looks at making the movie and several pieces on the author of the Bourne series, Robert Ludlum. The menu system is Universal’s standard menu system which is really excent. It has a great core system and a good pop up system, several interactive features, and even a screen saver.

The Bourne series was my generation’s version of James Bond. It served as a suitable fix between Pierce Brosnan’s first movie as Bond and Daniel Craig’s first movie as Bond. Matt Damon is the perfect actor for the series. When the first movie came out you would have never thought that Damon could pull off an action movie, but he did and he did it perfectly. His love interest in the movie is Marie and she’s played very well by Franka Potente. Director Doug Liman‘s ability to make action flicks is really on display with this first movie of the Bourne series, especially the car scene. The Bourne Identity is a killer action flick, one of the best ones of the past decade and with the flipper disc you can now own it on DVD and Blu-Ray at the same time.