In an attempt to continue the Bourne franchise without Matt Damon, 'The Bourne Legacy' follows the premise that there was 'never just one'. Jeremy Renner plays Aaron Cross, an agent in the Outcome operation, who manages to survive an attempt by the government to shut down the operation and kill all the operatives. Cross then teams up with Dr Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz) to help him acquire the medication he needs to stay at the high functioning level of an agent and the pair go on the run in an attempt to avoid those still trying to kill them and finish the job.
With the task of living up to the reputation of an already well established film series, the Bourne Legacy doesn't quite get there. There are plenty of high octane action sequences with the typical Bourne grit, but it is missing something. The dramatic scenes seem to last too long as they have to explain a quite complicated back story explaining the drugs, operation and the link with Jason Bourne, and the action sequences seem too short. The end is also very abrupt and obvious that they have left it with the intention of continuing the story in a sequel, which kind of ruins the ending of this film.
I shouldn't be too negative as overall it is a good movie. It just doesn't live up to the previous three. The acting is good and both Renner and Weisz manage well with both the drama and action.
Like I said, it is a good film, it's just missing something to make it stand out against the other Bourne films and give it credibility as a stand alone movie.
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