Crackling with action and consequences

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2019)

This movie gets a bad rap and I don't understand why. This movie follows another CIA program Outcome (to Bourne's Treadstone). The Outcome agents are trained to have more compassion / emotion and have the added help of being sort of mini super heros. All receiving a virus which gives them an extra 1% smarts and 1% physical ability. The viewer's entry to this is Outcome 5 / Aaron Cross (Jermey Renner). Due to Bourne's activity the decision is made to kill Outcome and everything to do with it. Surviving that, Cross has another problem, he has no medication which he is dependent on. This sets up a great dynamic, severe personal stakes for the main character. It also sets up a race for Aaron, he must get the medication before the powers that be realize he survived.
This makes for a really great film. Crackling suspense and action sequences with real consequences.
The other main character is Dr. Marta Shering. She is a medical doctor that has treated Aaron in the Outcome program and can get him the medication he needs. Such a better female character than anyone in the Borne movies. Yes, she needs Aaron, she isn't a CIA agent but she can use a gun and is pretty smart on her own.
In fact, something good about this film is that everyone is smart. Everyone going after Aaron is smart and act as if hey are smart people trying to get him with very neutral motives.
They don't seem very interested to make a sequel to this movie but I would like to see it.