After a break of a few years, I figured that the intense confusion and paranoia that surrounds the series of films based on Robert Ludlum's uberspy Jason Bourne would have dissipated enough for a different angle to have a positive impact. Cue The Bourne Legacy, based on the book of the same name written by Eric Van Lustbader, Ludlum having passed away but the character warranting further development. Despite having read a number of Ludlum books, I'd stopped at The Bourne Ultimatum and was actually disappointed that the international elements of the books hadn't made their way into the films, which were similar only in name. As a result, I'd seen or heard ...  Read the complete review

There are some film trilogies that should never have seen a fourth film made; the Indiana Jones franchise being a prime recent example. It was a pretty decent trilogy, but the fourth film was just too far separated in both time and content from the others to fit in properly and the result just cheapened the franchise. On the reverse, the more modern reboot to the "Die Hard" franchise worked quite well and the change of direction and point in time that the fourth and fifth films in the "X-Men" film series gave us was a welcome addition. Now, as the Bourne trilogy becomes a fourth film, despite having closed quite satisfactorily at the end of ...  Read the complete review

Forget Matt Damon and Jason Bourne - as this is all about Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), and...you guesssed it, the "legacy" Damon's Bourne leaves behind after he starts causing trouble for the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). And the good news is, no, you won't necessarily miss Damon or Bourne. There is an air of something fresh and original about Cross' story and what it has to tell. Sure, a lot of the action seems mute and not quite as well executed with the absence of Paul Greengrass, the man who gave Bourne its iconic spy franchise status. But where "The Bourne Legacy" excels in is with keeping the tension running high, competently  Read the complete review

Once upon a time Jason Bourne woke, memoryless but in possession of a highly specialised skill set, to find himself pursued and in a danger he couldn't understand. As the pieces fell into place his survival became a matter of bringing down the organisation responsible for his situation. But such actions have consequences, and the ripples are wider than we've seen. And really - you didn't think he was the only one, did you? Okay, let's get this out first: *I* really enjoyed this movie, even if it seems no one else did! I'm quite shocked at how negative a lot of opinions and reviews have been about this sequel to the Bourne trilogy (Identity, Supremacy and ...  Read the complete review

Star - Jeremy Renner Genre - Spy Thriller County - USA Certificate - 15 Run Time - 135 minutes Blockbusters - £3.50 per night Amazon - £10.00 DVD (£15.00Blue Ray) --------------------------------------------------- Which ever way you cut it the Bourne movies blew Bond out of the water and changed the spy thriller genre for ever, and for the better. With Tom Cruise and the Mission Impossible films squeezing 007s other flank and MGM nearly going bust the Cubby Broccoli Estate needed the wake up call, the brilliant Daniel Craig a direct consequence. As handsome as Pierce Brosnan is he wasn't rough and ready enough and so ...  Read the complete review