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The Bourne Identity was a landmark achievement. The Bourne Supremacy was unnecessary. The Bourne Ultimatum was an improvement on its predecessor. The Bourne Legacy? I’m not entirely sure how to put this so I will resort to a cliché: it’s a long way to go with no punch.
After Jason Bourne exposes the Treadstone Project and Operation Blackbriar, Eric Byer (Ed Norton), fearing a repeat, orders a hit on all constituents of Operation Outcome. This includes our protagonists: Agent “Number Five” Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) and Dr Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz). Narrowly escaping assassination, Shearing and Cross spend half the picture running from the authorities, attempting to ‘viral off’ Cross’s enhancing meds. That’s about it. It’s all rather silly, really.
Clocking in at 2 hours and 15 minutes, Tony Gilroy’s action thriller is just that little bit longer than its predecessors – and for what reason, you might ask? A chase scene, naturally! Cross and Shearing weave in and out of Manila’s marketplaces, massacring everything in sight. Foreseeably, the customary vehicle/parkour pursuit does tend to bore and I found myself losing interest as this seemingly endless sequence persevered.
Worse, once you’ve made it through the aforementioned gruelling 15 minutes, the most abrupt denouement awaits. (The crowd I was with was smart enough to sniff out the resulting possibility of a sequel.)
Renner is Gilroy’s only saving grace: sporting a rugged exterior (Daniel Craig, anyone?) and a gruff disposition, he plays a refreshingly candid Cross, a welcome departure from Matt Damon’s surreptitious Bourne.
The Bourne Legacy is average, though worth a watch by all means. Just prepare yourself for a disappointing finale!
By Rehan Alexander Mudannayake
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
135 min - Action | Adventure | Mystery
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.
Director: Tony Gilroy
Writers: Tony Gilroy (screenplay), Dan Gilroy (screenplay)
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton
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