The Bourne Legacy (2012)

An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.

Director:

Tony Gilroy

Writers:

Tony Gilroy (screenplay), Dan Gilroy (screenplay),

Stars:

Jeremy Renner, Scott Glenn, Edward Norton

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Renner	...	Aaron Cross
Scott Glenn	...	Ezra Kramer
Stacy Keach	...	Retired Adm. Mark Turso, USN
Edward Norton	...	Retired Col. Eric Byer, USAF
Donna Murphy	...	Dita Mandy
Michael Chernus	...	Arthur Ingram
Corey Stoll	...	Zev Vendel
Alice Gainer	...	Lean Forward MSNBC Anchor
Prue Lewarne	...	CNN Reporter
Howard Leader	...	MSNBC Man Analyst
James Joseph O'Neil	...	Sterisyn-Morlanta Gateman
Rachel Weisz	...	Dr. Marta Shearing
Tony Guida	...	Dr. Benezara
Sonnie Brown	...	Dr. Lieberburg
Neil Brooks Cunningham	...	Dr. Dan Hillcott

Storyline

The events in this movie takes place around the same time that the events in The Bourne Ultimatum. When a British reporter was writing an expose about Black Ops operations Treadstone and Black Briar, and the ones responsible for them are concerned. And when Jason Bourne, former Treadstone operative got the file on Treadstone and Black Briar and gave it to Pamela Landy who them passed it to the media. When the men behind Treadstone and Black Briar learn of this, they're concerned how this will affects other ops they have. They decide it's best to shut down all ops and make sure make everyone involved disappears. They try to take out Aaron Cross who is part of another op called Outcome, but he manages to survive. He then seeks out Dr. Marta Shearing who worked on him when he began. It seems part of the program is for all subjects to take medications but he has run out, which is why he seeks her. But someone tries to kill her. He saves her and she tells him, he should have stopped taking...

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | waterfall | train | stealing a car | plane crash | 

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Taglines:

There Was Never Just One

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and action sequences

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp] Universal [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Filipino

Release Date:

10 August 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

El legado Bourne

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$125,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$38,142,825 (USA) (10 August 2012)

Gross:

$113,165,635 (USA) (2 November 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shipped to theaters under the code name "Marcher". This was also the fake title filming took place under.

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Goofs

Byer says that he found the video of the Treadstone/Outcome bosses at a party on "YouTube." The Bourne Legacy takes place concurrently with The Bourne Ultimatum, which based on date references in the previous films is set no later than February 2005. The first video was not uploaded to YouTube until April that year.

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Quotes

Byer: We are the sin eaters. It means that we take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us, so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible, and absolutely necessary.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.180 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Extreme Ways (Bourne's Legacy)"
Written, Produced and Performed by Moby

User Reviews

Not even close to a Bourne movie

In a way I think this film disgraces the Bourne series, and here's why: it simply did not have the feel of a Bourne movie. Between awkwardly chosen locations, some sci-fi drug twist, and and incredibly over-simplified and at times dull plot line, this is hardly an action movie, let alone a Bourne movie. Also, and this part really bothered me, I feel like Tony and Dan Gilroy did things with some of the Bourne characters that were not true to Robert Ludlum's vision, even going so far as to change the initiation program and the amount of information leaked at the end of Ultimatum.

Secondly, the direction was very close up the entire time, and during many of the chase scenes I found myself unable to watch. The entire time it is very shaky, and because of the closeness, it's difficult to get the whole picture of what's going on.

Lastly, some of the acting wasn't very good. I've never liked Jeremy Renner, and this movie didn't change my opinion on him. It's not that he's a bad actor, it's just that I don't like him as an actor. Edward Norton, though, was incredibly stiff and robotic the whole time, as were some of the other government workers. The best performance was probably from Rachel Weisz, who did well as a woman trying to deal with shock and guilt.

If you happen to like almost all action movie, go ahead and watch this, but if you're a Bourne fan, I wouldn't bother wasting your and tarnishing some aspects of the past movies.