Not A Good Title For A Spin off Franchise

Rating: 8/10 (2 October 2012)

The title Legacy is understandable because it truly wants to emulate the original book trilogy storyline and everything it has achieved. at the same time it also hinges the story too much on the book's dynamics when it is actually playing different characters and thus different dynamics in the process. that is perhaps the tragedy of this initial salvo movie that is envisioned to continue the momentum of the Bourne movies and build it into a sustainable franchise like James bond or something.
however i beg to disagree that film is a complete failure. although it lacks the urgency and mystique that the Damon films have, it is mostly so because of the fact that it indeed it is a spin off. almost everybody that watched it is a Jason Bourne fan. Aaron cross is a completely different character whose nuances is definitely applied by the performance of Jeremy Renner and not Damon. whoever is expecting a duplication is utterly misplaced.
yes yes the suspect must be the story. the story struggles to connect this new take to the very successful trilogy. i think it did but far from perfecting it. the Edward Norton character as one critic rightfully pointed out should have been critical to making this story be far better that it was. instead, Norton played a character who tries to be consequential but comes short. if only they had something as edgy as Pamela Landy was in the Bourne trilogy.
so the film was imperfect. i don't know if Robert Loodlum had any hand in developing this story but whoever made this succeeds in laying down some ground work for future films to come out but fails to establish it enough to serve as a credible springboard. The good news is the next film would then have the maximum space it needs to work on a much better plot and more coherent use of characters within a storyline.