Review: The Bourne Legacy

When The Bourne Legacy was first announced, expectations were pretty low for the series return minus main star Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass: who despite only signing up during the second film The Bourne Supremacy, had become synonymous with the franchise - but in case of the marketing men really earning their money, as each piece of information and trailer leaked out this reboot of sorts started to look like it could be the surprise hit of the summer.

Despite having all the tools in place, The Bourne Legacy never quite clicks meaning it struggles to live up to the standards set before. The film is directed by writer Tony Gilroy with a similar flair for action as Greengrass and Jeremy Renner has much of the believability Matt Damon brought to Bourne as Aaron Cross - but the story so far lets the film down, with too much held back for the sequels leaving a pretty basic plot stretched to breaking point thanks to a run time well over 2 hours, resulting in a final action chase that should be thrilling just ending up a bit boring as you know nothing will be resolved by this point.

The potential is there for a great film, maybe the sequel will see a similar jump in quality like The Bourne Supremacy made from Identity.