Fast but not deep installment on Bourne series

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2012)

CONTAINS SPOILERS The original Bourne flick starts with Jason Bourne suffering amnesia and seeking hi identity, such search leading him to question his ethics and morals prior to the amnesia. Kind of cliché, but it works.
The Bourne Legacy has no such deep meaning: Aaron Cross isn't searching for "reasons why". He's simply trying to stay a step or two ahead of the spy masters.
On the other hand the lack of Raison d'être did not occur to me until after I left the theater. The movie is well thought out, well acted, & well shot. It really does have everything except deeper meaning. The fight scenes are good and the chase scene at the end is fantastic (a hallmark of the Bourne series). The spy masters are portrayed as true believers of their cause, which somewhat removes them from 'obvious bad guys' as we are often accustomed in movies, but does provide a fuller characterization of why the hard choices are made than was attempted in previous Bourne films. Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz both deliver excellent support performances.
I recommend this film.