total disappointment!

Rating: 5/10 (15 August 2012)

When I first saw the trailer for this release I felt a mix of excitement (due to fact I love the original Bourne films) and slight apprehension as Paul Greengrass is not involved and most notably Matt Damon. The thing that gripped me most in the original films was not only the clever story lines and the well executed action scenes but it left the viewer thinking "that could and probably has happened." Bourne Legacy is very far fetched and a mediocre action film at best. Jeremy Renner is a great actor and if not for him I might have walked out of the cinema half way through in disgust at how this film has taken a classic franchise and gone completely way off track from where the story line ended. Some scenes left me feeling as though I was watching an early 90's Sylvester Stallone film, which I love by the way, but are a far cry away from the intelligence portrayed in the original films. There's a lack of story telling that we've come accustomed to from the Bourne franchise and instead the film relies on big explosions and stunt scenes to distract the viewer from a poorly executed and not well thought out film. if it weren't for the original films it would be an "ok" action flick, but its sad to see that Hollywood yet again squeeze's life out a franchise for one last pay day when it should have been laid to rest.