The Bourne Legacy - Review

The Bourne Legacy -Movie Review

So it was a weekend and yes that definitely calls for a movie and this time I ended up catching the fourth installment of the BOURNE series. Yes I was pretty excited about the movie though it did not have the famous “JASON BOURNE” character of the previous three blockbusters. The movie instead has a new protagonist “Aaron Cross” played by JEREMY RENNER two time academy award nominee. Unlike the first three films, this one is not based on the ROBERT LUDLUM BOURNE series which in itself is a major let down and yes MATT DAMON who played the character of Jason Bourne in the previous three was sorely missed. Starting from where the previous movie left off, THE BOURNE LEGACY starts with snail pace and an immense amount of information being thrown at the audience making it hard to comprehend the actual storyline of the movie. Though the movie includes all the elements that the dark world of espionage and spy flicks requires, it pretty much lacks the thrill and adventure of the first three parts. The only part of the movie where you might find yourself glued to the screen and at edge would be the “lab shooting” sequence which gives a slightly sinister feel of a mad-man on the loose. This is the oly part which adds some much needed intrigue to the movie. Apart from that, the movie just falls short. The movie opens with the audience being introduced to “Aaron Cross” who’s a part of the CIA’s newest operation and is sent to Alaska for a training mission. Looking at the first few scenes of the movie with RENNER running around in extreme cold and hypothermic conditions, climbing mountains and wrestling wolves without getting even so much as a scratch on his body would definitely make you wonder where he gets such immense strength from. This is when you are exposed to the some disturbing information that the CIA has been feeding blue and green pills to all their agents which enhances them physically and mentally. That being said, due to a horrible blizzard which prevents Cross from returning to civilization, he runs out of pills which would affect his enhanced mental and physical abilities. And before you have the time to digest all this information, the movie takes another turn when the “OPERATION OUTCOME” is to be shut down as a result of Jason Bourne’s cover being blown to the press. The CIA gets rid of the other OUTCOME operatives by feeding them Yellow pills in place of the former blue and green ones. Cross being one OUTCOME asset not easy to kill realizes what’s happening and resorts to Dr Martha Shearing, an Outcome Scientist and the only survivor of the CIA provoked lab shooting. RACHEL WEISZ playing Shearing serves as Cross’s reluctant ally helping him to the blue pills into his system through a process called as “Viralling off” which takes them to the exciting MANILA in Philippines. The movie finally ends with a hot motorcycle pursuit of Cross and Shearing by LARX who is a barbarous killer employed by CIA to finish off the Operation Outcome. The chase which seems absolutely endless finally results in Shearing kicking Larx off his motorcycle and killing him in the process. The movie is probably worth a onetime watch if you would consider yourself as a BOURNE movie fan. After movies like “Hurt Locker,” “Mission Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Bourne Legacy is definitely a step down for RENNER despite his valiant effort at all the treacherous stunts and tremendous acting in the movie, for basically no fault of his own. Jason Bourne will continue to be a legend!
which in itself is a major let down and yes MATT DAMON who played the character of Jason Bourne in the previous three was sorely missed. Starting from where the previous movie left off, THE BOURNE LEGACY starts with snail pace and an immense amount of information being thrown at the audience making it hard to comprehend the actual storyline of the movie. Though the movie includes all the elements that the dark world of espionage and spy flicks requires, it pretty much lacks the thrill and adventure of the first three parts. The only part of the movie where you might find yourself glued to the screen and at edge would be the “lab shooting” sequence which gives a slightly sinister feel of a mad-man on the loose. This is the oly part which adds some much needed intrigue to the movie. Apart from that, the movie just falls short.