Review of The Bourne Legacy (2012) by Tazio G — 03 Jul 2013

Retired Adm. Mark Turso USN: We gave you a Ferrari and you treated it like a tractor.

"There Was Never Just One".

The Bourne franchise is back and this time without Matt Damon? Yes that's right and there's another superagent named Aaron Cross played superiorly by Jeremy Renner. I know people are disappointed with the new guy, but I like where this movie should be going for the future. Don't expect a whole lot of action like the others this time where it occasionally faulters at times because the balance between story and action is awkward. It tries to tie as many loose points as it can which there's nothing wrong with that I guess. The performances here are pretty good having Jeremy Renner fit the role physically and in general. You can't compare him to Matt Damon though because their not the same characters. He was likeable anyways. Rachel Weisz services as a good lead also. The rest of the supporting cast with Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, and David Strathaim are your C.I.A guys so nothing much to say. Tony Gilroy did a decent job with this spinoff/sequel Bourne movie and hopefully will learn to balance the action and story better next go around. Could we possibly see Matt Damon and Jeremy Renner team up? We'll see!