Biography for
Jason Bourne (Character)
from The Bourne Identity (2002)

Jason Bourne was part of a project called Treadstone, where agents were turned into ultimate assassins. He was shot while on a mission and lost his memory, which sets up the background to the first movie.

Jason Bourne's memory loss is a form of amnesia, where he forgets his name and much of his past, but retains his kinetic reflexes, which lets him keep using his fighting and other skills that he acquired during his previous life. His difficulties regaining memory are magnified by the fact that prior to the incident when he was shot, his training program and his job had seriously altered his mental state and essentially made him a different person. Memory loss theme persists through each movie with Jason trying, and having difficulty, to remember certain mysterious episodes of his life as an assassin. With Jason being out in the open, many loose ends of things he worked on are left unprotected, and that touches some of the highest circles of power including secret government agencies and criminal organizations who perceive Jason to be a threat to themselves. Jason, therefore, himself becomes a target of attempted assassinations.

The first movie, "Bourne Identity" is based on his memory loss and the agency attempting to bring him in. Not knowing that he had lost his memory, the agency treat him as a rogue agent and attempt to shut him down.

The second movie "Bourne Supremecy", sees Jason with his wife Marie, in hiding in India. Unfortunately, he is framed for a murder, and Marie is shot and killed. The second movie then sees Jason track down her killer, while picking up the memory of his first ever kill - which he discovered wasn't sanctioned by the agency.

The third movie "Bourne Ultimatum" starts where the second finishes, escaping from Europe and revealing further memories from his past. The movie tracks his chase of the man he believed signed him up to the program that ruined his life, and confronting him at the end.