Surprisingly Better Than The Previous Three

Rating: 9/10 (12 May 2015)

One of the most intense and exciting spy thrillers in years and my favourite entry of the Bourne series, which is ironic seeing that a new star steps into the main role instead of Damon and turns out that the new addition is the best of them all. Jeremy Renner, my favourite actor, plays outcome agent Aaron Cross who discovers that his life is in danger when Treadstone and Blackbriar are exposed leading to the complete wipeout of the programme he was trained in, which means wiping his life out and any existence.
All the boardroom scenes, the surveillance operations and character interactions genuinely feel like you're peering into a live operation, and the performances enliven these moments. Paul Greengrass' frenetic and gritty camera-work and style is followed up very well by Tony Gilroy who directs Legacy, the same intensity and realism seen in the previous movies is here. Aaron Cross is more confident and cheeky than Jason Bourne, who is more serious but I like the difference here in character and Jeremy Renner superbly replaces Damon. Rachel Weisz is great, playing a darker and more unstable role than compared to her characters in The Mummy or The Brother's Bloom.
There's never a dull scene here which is a mercy, the action comes in short but sharp and fierce, the UAV drone sequence is the highlight for tension and the bike chase echoes back to older Bourne movies, and of course the fighting is absolutely knockout just like the movie.