Rotten
Shares crucial DNA with the earlier films but is drawn from the shallower end of the gene pool.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
The Bourne Legacy
There Was Never Just One
2012 · 2h 15m · PG-13
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Tony Gilroy
Overview
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Director and cast
- Tony Gilroy Director
- Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross
- Rachel Weisz as Dr. Marta Shearing
- Edward Norton as Byer
- Stacy Keach as Turso
- Dennis Boutsikaris as Ward
- Oscar Isaac as Outcome #3
- Joan Allen as Pamela Landy
- Albert Finney as Dr. Albert Hirsch
- David Strathairn as Noah Vosen
- Scott Glenn as Ezra Kramer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Perhaps the most interesting question arising from The Bourne Legacy is just how long the filmmakers hope to trade on the Bourne name without any, you know, Bourne.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh
Renner and Weisz work well together as two hunted souls who initially need each other for utilitarian reasons.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten
Gilroy's a fine writer - he also penned Michael Clayton - but without the discipline of an action veteran like Greengrass to rein him in, he indulges his weakness to over-explain things.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
It's twists and turns and nothing else. And fast and furious as it may be, if this is the best this once-smart series has to offer, this is no legacy.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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