Boring, dull and pointless

Rating: 1/10 (9 December 2012)

I'm surprised there is a lot of praise for the lead actor here Jeremy Renner. Just like The Avengers, he is transparent and is barely seen - even in a movie where he is the lead actor. Matt Damon he ain't.
The Bourne Legacy fits more into the 007 mold. Gone is the raw fighting, the battered body and the chemistry between protagonist and whomever is doing the chasing.
This film has Renner performing acrobatics a la James Bond making it just another Hollywood action sequence. Even then, the action scenes are a mish mash of close ups and shaky camera movements that make viewing tedious.
Jason Bourne never did any acrobatics. He fought like a trained assassin and drove a little car like a man desperate to escape. This is what this film is missing. The desperation. If there is desperation to reach the goal, its certainly not shown.
This begs the question - Why on earth people think Renner did a good job here I cannot fathom. From his over exaggeration when frustrated, to when he awakes by jumping into the air, he reminds me of Nicholas Cage at his over acting worst. Renner is horribly miscast and lacks any screen presence. There was never any realistic drawn out bone crunching one on one fights Jason Bourne endured. Renner actually looks like he is ball room dancing when he fights. He does a twist or flashes his hands up in the air at the end of each battle. I actually found myself wanting to go back to the Edward Norton scenes. But even he was boring.
The bike scene was so ridiculous and it's nothing we haven't seen a thousand times. Renner even puts his Tom Cruise Ray Bans on for added coolness and Rachel Weisz looks idiotic dangling off the bike during the chase.
The Asian assailant has a brief introduction by way of coming off a plane, chases Renner, then dies. Not to mention the fact he can find Renner after losing him on a motorbike in Manila streets!
Then the movie....ends.
Yeah Renner is no Bourne, he's got this misplaced egotism I can't stand. And this is no Bourne movie.