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The Bourne Legacy

Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, and Edward Norton
Directed by: Tony Gilroy
Screenplay by: Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy
Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum

    At the end of The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Treadstone, a secret government agency has been exposed by Jason Bourne (Matt Damon in the series), making him one of the government's most wanted.
    Now, a similar problem faces another agency called Outcome.  Eric Byer (Edward Norton), the head of the program decides it's time for Outcome to be shut down.  That involves killing all the agents involved in the program along with the doctors monitoring them.
    But one agent, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) refuses to go as quietly as the government wants.  He's placed himself in a similar situation that Jason Bourne put himself in after exposing Treadstone, and that's going to cause people like Byer a bit of a problem.
    It feels like we've seen this before, almost exactly.  Remember The Bourne Identity (2002)?  Aaron Cross is running away just like Jason Bourne ran away in that movie.  So I wouldn't say that this storyline is exactly original, but it has different characters, and that's essentially what makes it different.
    I think the true star of the show is Edward Norton.  He delivers an extraordinary performance as he always does.  Rachel Weisz is also quite good in her role as the doctor who must both act as a care taker for Aaron Cross and run away from the same agency for the same reason.
    Jeremy Renner delivers a fine performance as well, but I though he could have been a lot better.  I find that this is the kind of role best for him, but I don't think he executed it as well as he could have.  Not to say that he was bad as Aaron Cross, but I hope he will be more convincing in his role in the sequel, should there be one.
    While The Bourne Legacy essentially takes off from where The Bourne Ultimatum ended, it feels like the story is starting over, but this time with different characters.  I expect that there will be much of the same from the original trilogy if there are going to be sequels to this film.
    I give The Bourne Legacy a C+.

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