Just perfect...

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 2012)

I watched this movie cuz i love Jeremy Renner and Ed Norton, i was not disappointed. The acting was great and the action was just perfect not over the top Hollywood style, everything was believable. What i really appreciated was the fact that it was not a remake or an attempt to replace Matt Damon's Jason Bourne, but a combination of both stories, with an additional chapter introducing a new character. This movie can look slow at times, but that's made on purpose I think cuz the writers wanted to focus on Aaron Cross(Jeremy Renner), henceforth the beginning was quite long. They explore more behind the "Jason Bourne creation", what he is, how he came about,of which these characters have in common; in a certain way Bourne is present in the movie but not actually there, the two characters are connected by this secret governmental program of genetically modified perfect assassins. The "bad guys" who now decided to terminate this program, are after both Bourne and Cross, but never in proximity of each other in the pursuit, because i think this is only the beginning of a long odyssey for these 2 individuals included Joan Allen's character which we see only for few moments. That's what i think the writers had in mind. And i really enjoyed that. I can't wait for the sequel, to know more about everything, the program and the two men, but also about Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), Eric Bayer (Ed Norton) and Cross background and also about the doc (Rachel Weiz). This movie was cleverly done and there is much they can go on, the way they started this new legacy, regardless if Matt Damon will come back or not as Jason Bourne the writers can still continue the story ONLY with Renner as "the new Bourne". Perhaps they could do a movie with both Damon and Renner, that's something i would enjoy to see. Overall i really loved this movie. Gosh it's good to see talent and great writing skills. I so love good movies!I just want to add, that I read few reviews and i find unfair the way the movie, the actors and the writers are "criticized". Some folks went to the screening expecting to find Matt Damon's Bourne but i didn't, why i loved it..I never didn't in anyway compared the previous Bourne movies to this one, except for the genre, indeed the title imply a new story from the Bourne franchise (a new legacy) and that's is very OK with me especially if the leading actor and new protagonist of this legacy is the talented gorgeous Jeremy Renner. Jeremy Renner is not Matt Damon and ppl should just stop making comparison they are two different actors both very talented and very unique. I would watch both of them in a future project for the Bourne legacy... Great job!