Not Much of a Legacy

Rating: 3/10 (14 August 2012)

I left the theater wondering what what missing. The action was there as would be expected, but the over all plot as well as the sub plots labored to keep our attention in-between the action scenes. The story line was well done as it tied the other three movies in nicely, but in the end what we really wanted to see was Jason Bourne. One quick shot of his picture just didn't do it for me. Jeremy Renner did an OK job, but came across as uninterested in playing this part. The fake scruff on his face was ridiculous. The support cast was fine, but I felt Ed Norton never really had enough time in the film to really impact it the way he could have...you could have cut out half the back stories and made it an Ed chasing Jeremy story which would have breathed in the much needed excitement and the connective tissue to compare to the other three films. In the end Matt Damon was sorely missed and is noticeably the glue that kept this series together. Our only hope here was the corny ending that left it open to another installment...hopefully Jason Bourne returns to help Aaron Cross right some wrongs. I suggest waiting till it comes out on DVD or PPV.