Same old Bourne

Rating: 6/10 (22 August 2012)

After watching 'The Bourne legacy', I was left cold.
Conveniently, this is how the movie begins, with Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) engaging in some form of scavenger hunt, whilst traveling through vast, snowy mountains. Somewhat unsurprisingly, one scene cuts to another, lots is talked about Jason Bourne and I'm lost within the first 20 minutes. Typical Bourne... why can't the writers make it a little more simple? One thing turns to another and we discover that Aaron is attempting to discover more about the 'programme' (sound familiar?) and all of a sudden, he is running from them, whilst hunting for the 'meds' he needs to keep his brain intact.
The whole film just seemed like a massive cliché to me. The only person who could give him the 'meds' was an attractive girl (Rachel Weisz), he had to travel the world to get these 'meds', he was running from the CIA AND there was a 30 minute action scene at the end...
Don't get me wrong here, I think Renner played a great lead, and he was much more likable than Matt Damon from the previous movies, however, the storyline was MUCH too familiar.