Overlooked and Underrated. The Best Bourne Film Yet.

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2015)

I was surprised to see that the average score for The Bourne Legacy on IMDb was around 6.7/10 and to me, it just reinforces the idea that people's opinion of a movie is defined by their expectation going into it. For me, this was the best Bourne film yet. It's arguably the most intelligent of the four, with great acting, believable characters and a great script (which has received some very unfair criticism in some of the reviews here).
It goes at a slower pace than the previous three films, which may be a problem for some people. The action scenes are not as frequent either, although when they come, they are outstanding. One particular chase sequence is up there with the best I've ever seen in cinema.
Aaron Cross is a good lead character and very well played by Jeremy Renner. Perhaps the film would have benefited from dropping the Bourne name in the title, but it's understandable that they kept it for commercial reasons. The way this film intertwines with the story of Jason Bourne is also very clever and well done.
Overall, a great film and worth watching.