There was never just one in the Bourne Legacy

Rating: 5/10 (19 August 2012)

When word got out that Matt Damon was no longer apart of the Bourne franchise it was a bit of a letdown as they delivered some surprisingly great action films. With the addition of Renner and taking a new direction to the series added some interesting promise of what could be done, but will it work and keep the franchise alive or just be a nail in the coffin to end the franchise?
The Bourne Legacy follows an operative from the same program that gave birth to Jason Bourne who is forced to go on the run. For the most part this is a pretty good addition to the series, but defiantly has some struggling moments. The first half of the film works to set up the whole new series of events and characters, but moves at a snail's pace. They were smart to use both old and new characters for this addition, but the slow build you have to endure could easily push people away from getting to the fun interesting action part of the film. Once things finally start moving it picks up a bit with some great action and interesting development, but still never really delivers the one two punch that the previous entries managed to push out. Renner does a great job with the character, but his loses something without having some mystery to solve. He has his memory and knows what he is doing and it really takes some of what makes the Bourne series so fun away. While there isn't a lot of action, what we do get is pretty intense and well done.
The biggest issue besides the pacing to this film is the seemingly abrupt ending. You spend almost two and half hours with these characters and then it just seems to suddenly end without any big send off. Yeah there is a big action sequence, but nothing that felt like the ending. As the final scene plays you are left there with a sense of "that's it?" While there are some major issues, this does have the chance to set up a new direction to the series and does have redeeming qualities, just doesn't deliver as much as it could have.
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