Seeing as the two feature discs in this set are the same as their single disc releases, it's not surprising to see that the supplements match what came before and only the third disc features any new content. Here's a look...

Disc One - The Bourne Identity:

The extra features on this disc are identical to those found on Universal's previous release. The supplements start off with a commentary track courtesy of director Doug Liman. Focusing on his own relationship with the source material, Liman explains how he's always been a fan of the books and how he always wanted to make a movie based on Ludlum's novels. He talks about where certain ideas were taken from, how his father's real life experiences influenced his take on the adaptation and what he was going for with certain scenes. Along with this he covers standard commentary criteria such as casting, anecdotes, locations, effects and the like. Liman winds up having a lot to say about the film and about the books that inspired it and as such, this commentary turns out to be pretty interesting stuff.

From there, check out the alternate ending, the extended opening sequence, and the four deleted scenes (titled Declassified Information). The alternate ending is interesting to see, the rest of this material is fairly disposable but it's nice to see it included. Unfortunately, although these scenes are widescreen, they're not anamorphic.

From there we're treated to a few featurettes that each examine a different aspect of the production: The Bourne Mastermind: Robert Ludlum is a six minute piece that details in brief the life and times of the author, Access Granted is an on camera interview with screenwriter Tony Gilroy that clocks in at four minutes, From Identity To Supremacy: Jason And Marie is three and a half minutes of Matt Damon and Franke Potente talking about their characters, The Bourne Diagnosis is a three and a half minute interview with a psychiatrist who talks about amnesia, Cloak And Dagger: Covert Ops is a six-minute piece about the reality of working for the C.I.A., The Speed Of Sound is a four minute look at the sound design that was created for the movie, Inside A Fight Sequence is five minutes worth of behind the scenes and interview footage showing how Damon was schooled on how to scrap on film.

Rounding out the extra features on this disc are a music video for Extreme Ways by Moby, animated menus and chapter stops.

Disc Two - The Bourne Supremacy:

Again, the extra features on this disc are identical to those found on Universal's previous release. Director Paul Greengrass starts the supplements off with a commentary track where he spends a fair bit of time talking about how certain aspects of Ludlum's books had to be updated for modern audiences who may not necessarily relate to the Cold War politics of the source material. He also talks about some of the effects work, why no computer animation was used, casting, locations and more. This is a pretty casual track and there's a bit of dead air here and there but there's enough good information contained herein that it's worth listening to if you're a fan of the film.

Up next are five deleted scenes, four of which are basically just slit character development bits but one of which is actually quite interesting in that it definitely fills in a lot of the blanks that are left at the end of the film, making one wonder why it was taken out of the picture. There's no commentary here to explain why any of these scenes were removed so it's a bit puzzling as this one key scene really would have effected the film in a big way.

From there it's on to a wealth of brief featurettes, which explore various aspects of the production. These all vary in length from roughly five to ten minutes each and none of them are as in depth as they could have been but they are reasonably interesting. Matching Identities is a five minute look at the casting process, Keeping It Real is five minutes of material on the handheld camera technique used in the film, Blowing Things Up is a nifty four minute piece about how the filmmakers shot the scene in which the apartment blows up, On The Move With Jason Bourne is a four minute segment that covers some of the international locations used in the movie, Bourne To Be Wild is four minutes worth of footage that details the fight choreography and training that the performers underwent, Crash Cam is a six minute piece on the race scene that takes place in Moscow, The Go-Mobile Revs Up The Action is seven minutes on how the street race was shot using a vehicle mounted camera, Anatomy Of A Scene: The Explosive Bridge Chase is a segment that explains how Bourne got away from the German cops by way of some clever escape work and last but not least, Scoring With John Powell is an interview with the composer of the movie's score.

Finishing things off on this disc are biographies for the cast and crew, animated menus and chapter stops.

Disc Three - The Bourne Files:

The third disc, the only real exclusive to this set, starts off with A Sneak Peek At The Bourne Ultimatum which is little more than a lengthy promotional trailer for the third film in the series. Granted, it's a nice trailer, but that's really all that it is.

Up next is The Ludlum Identity, a fifteen-minute long featurette that details author and series creator Robert Ludlum's literary career. Using interview clips with the late author and snippets of interviews from those who knew him and were close to him, it paints an interesting picture of the man responsible for bringing Jason Bourne to the collective pop culture consciousness of the world.

The second featurette is The Ludlum Supremacy which details how once Ludlum got his feet in the door his career started to skyrocket thanks in no small part to the popularity of the various series he was responsible for creating.

The third and final featurette on the disc is The Ludlum Ultimatum and it's a reasonably interesting look at the making of the first two movies in the series by way of some clips and behind the scenes segments. Some of these are seen on the other two discs in this set, but some of it is also exclusive and it does a good job of explaining how those responsible for handling Ludlum's legacy have helped keep the films close to the spirit of the books and how various key players were brought in to work on the movies. When it's all said and done, the material exclusive to this third disc runs for roughly forty-five minutes.

Additionally, Universal has gotten somewhat creative with their packaging for this release. The three discs are housed inside a cardboard file folder and each disc fits onto a replica file that in turn slips into the sleeve. It's an interesting looking and unique way to package the DVDs and it is in keeping with the films - it also makes it kind of a pain to get to the discs inside.

If you already own the original releases then this new set doesn't really give you much reason to upgrade as the additional supplements and creative yet inconvenient packaging just aren't worth it. That said, if you don't already own the films this is a nice way to get the first two movies in the series for a good price and for that reason you can consider The Bourne Files recommended.

Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.