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The Bourne Legacy is the fourth movie in the Bourne franchise, but for the first timewithout the lead charcter Jason Bourne (Matt Damon). Instead we get Aaron Cross (played by Jeremy Renner).
This movie is set during the third movie in the franchise, The Bourne Ultimatum, and has many cross overs, with the characters discussing and mentioning Bourne, his photo is shown on a few occasions, and events from the previous movies are mentioned. It goes to the point of incorporating various clips from the Bourne Ultimatum into the movie.
Aaron Cross is out on training when agents begin to be killed off as all evidence of previous operations are being destroyed, so the CIA can deny that the operations such as Treadstone ever existed. Cross escapes the radar and helps a scientist along the way who helps him come off the drugs he needs to take. A giant chase ensues and Cross and the doctor manage to escape.
Does this all sound familiar? Well, it is. It follows the same formula as the first three with nothing new, the roof top chase, the car chase, and the girl. It is all the same things that happened in the previous movies. The story seemed old, and the plot worn out. Jeremy Renner didn't really fit the role for me either, his performance wasn't bad, but his style didn't seem to blend well with the character in my opinion.
Another part of the movie that got me frustrated was the action scenes. The whole of the movie seemed to be shot wuth a hand cam, but the action scenes with particularly shakey and the cuts were coming far too fast which made it very confusing to follow, and took the punch off the action.
Overall this movie wasn't too bad but failed to shine in quite a few areas. If this was a seperate movie without any Bourne connection it could have been a winner, but it will always be compared to the other Bourne movies, and in that department it will always come up short.
This movie is set during the third movie in the franchise, The Bourne Ultimatum, and has many cross overs, with the characters discussing and mentioning Bourne, his photo is shown on a few occasions, and events from the previous movies are mentioned. It goes to the point of incorporating various clips from the Bourne Ultimatum into the movie.
Aaron Cross is out on training when agents begin to be killed off as all evidence of previous operations are being destroyed, so the CIA can deny that the operations such as Treadstone ever existed. Cross escapes the radar and helps a scientist along the way who helps him come off the drugs he needs to take. A giant chase ensues and Cross and the doctor manage to escape.
Does this all sound familiar? Well, it is. It follows the same formula as the first three with nothing new, the roof top chase, the car chase, and the girl. It is all the same things that happened in the previous movies. The story seemed old, and the plot worn out. Jeremy Renner didn't really fit the role for me either, his performance wasn't bad, but his style didn't seem to blend well with the character in my opinion.
Another part of the movie that got me frustrated was the action scenes. The whole of the movie seemed to be shot wuth a hand cam, but the action scenes with particularly shakey and the cuts were coming far too fast which made it very confusing to follow, and took the punch off the action.
Overall this movie wasn't too bad but failed to shine in quite a few areas. If this was a seperate movie without any Bourne connection it could have been a winner, but it will always be compared to the other Bourne movies, and in that department it will always come up short.
