Does Jeremy Renner do Jason Bourne Justice?
When I first heard that another Bourne movie was coming out, I got really pumped. The Bourne trilogy was and still is my favorite action thriller of all time. Matt Damon was borderline flat out perfect, and everyone fell in love with him. I realized it was NOT Matt Damon, and I got really upset because I thought it was a reboot. This is not true. The Bourne Legacy merely takes what Matt Damon created, and expanded the universe. It reveals the secrets we never knew, and adds a whole new level of depth to the series. And it does a masterful job at just that.
Jeremy Renner does not play Jason Bourne. He plays a new character named Aaron Cross, another experiment by the CIA built to kill. Aaron however is a new breed of Jason Bourne. He works for a new organization, Outcome. Outcome has come up with new pills to enhance their agents. Green pill for physical needs. Blue pill for mental needs, making Aaron Cross Faster Stronger and more efficient than prior Tread Stone and Black Brier agents. The movie is set when Aaron realizes the agency he is working for is trying to kill him. He's running out of pills, and needs the help of a Doctor to retrieve more.
The Bourne movies gave us a reason to root for Jason Bourne. He is so vulnerable, and he wants to find out who he is just as much as we do, and we desperately want him to win. Aaron Cross is a different story however. He never lost his memory. He's a super soldier. And the overall motive is so he can survive for himself, and it is not as rewarding. Now, with this being said, Jeremy Renner is an incredible actor, and for what Aaron Cross is, really succeeds in bringing him to life. The ending was a little abrupt, and I felt as if they left a lot of things unexplained. Now this could mean they intend to make another soon, and satisfy those answers, but we don't know for sure.
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