The Bourne legacy is supposedly set at the same time as 'The Bourne Ultimatum' but does not feature Matt Damon or Jason Bourne because Damon wouldn't come back for this film which is a lot of a disappointment but something that they had to get over. So in comes Jeremy Renner to take on the role of Aaron Cross, a soldier in a program like 'blackbriar' but a program that is being shut down because of what is going on with Jason Bourne. So this is going on simultaneously as Jason Bourne is destroying the program in America, meaning that they can have an entirely different cast if they want. Ed Norton comes in as the project leader and is responsible for killing off all the agents apart from Renner and one doctor (Rachel Weisz)
There is no real ending to this film which is a massive let down. Considering that until Jason Bourne there was no hint of another film being made and considering that this one is on it's own there has been no hint of them continuing the story with Cross. Cross is no Bourne. His physicality is similar but he has to keep taking pills to keep his intelligence up whereas Bourne had it all but forgot who he was- Cross knows exactly who he is.
Jason Bourne is not a follow on from this film, it is a follow on from 'The Bourne Ultimatum' and is set a decade after the end of 'The Bourne Supremacy' which makes the lack of ending or talk of another film a little disappointing. Now the agencies have two rogue agents and a rogue doctor and yet they are happy to just let one of them wander off and do whatever he wants? Doesn't really make any logical sense but there you have it.
Everything changed for this film including the director and it showed. Greengrass has a very distinctive 'shaky' way of filming and this film lacked it. The style of filming in the other films worked really well for the amnesia feel to the films and as there was no amnesia in this film there was no need for the same style but it did make this film seem even less like a Jason Bourne film than before. The film itself is very good and follows the same kind of story and logic as the other films but there is nothing really in it to call it a Bourne film. As a stand alone film they should have called it something else. Yes, it was based on one of the books and it is very similar to Jason Bourne movies but without Bourne and with no intention of carrying on this side of the franchise they might as well disown it and call it something else.Don't take anything away from Jeremy Renner's performance. Matt Damon is starting to get old but Renner is waiting in the wings to take over. With the physique for the role and the looks he could quite easily make a few more 'Bourne' films whereas Damon is reaching the end. Looking as if he is reaching his fifties is making all this action work and killing people quite difficult and very unrealistic. In a few years no one will believe that he can outrun younger CIA agents and no one will believe that no one can track him down, however, were it Renner it would still be believable.
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