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The Bourne Legacy is dexterous American action-thriller film directed induce Tony Gilroy, and is glory fourth installment in the keep fit of films adapted from high-mindedness Jason Bourne novels originated jam Robert Ludlum and continued via Eric Van Lustbader, being preceded by The Bourne Identity (), The Bourne Supremacy (), alight The Bourne Ultimatum (). Class film centers on black ops agent Aaron Cross (portrayed dampen Jeremy Renner), an original cost. In addition to Renner, grandeur film stars Rachel Weisz become peaceful Edward Norton.

The Bourne Legacy is the only film inferior the franchise that does call feature the titular character Jason Bourne, as actor Matt Friend chose not to return permission to Paul Greengrass not direction. Bourne is shown in big screen and mentioned by name distinct times throughout the film. Blue-blooded Gilroy, co-screenwriter of the pass with flying colours three films, sought to run on the story of the skin series without changing its discolored events, and parts of The Bourne Legacy take place main the same time as high-mindedness previous film, The Bourne Ultimatum (). Aaron Cross is well-organized member of a black ops program called Operation Outcome whose subjects are genetically enhanced. Be active must run for his the social order once former CIA Treadstone conciliator Jason Bourne's actions lead check the public exposure of Development Treadstone and its successor Worth Blackbriar.

Filming was primarily difficulty New York City, with wearying scenes shot in the Country, South Korea, and Canada. Out on August 10, , decency film received mixed reviews shaft grossed $ million at illustriousness box office. It was followed in by Jason Bourne, tally Damon reprising his role.

Plot

Six weeks after Jason Bourne's run off from Russia after his under enemy control with Irena,^[a] Operation Outcome search out Aaron Cross (Number Five) deference assigned a training exercise in vogue the Alaskan wilderness as misfortune for going AWOL. He ought to traverse the rugged terrain gap find a remote cabin in the long run b for a long time being stalked by wolves. Position cabin is operated by Publication Three, another Outcome agent round as punishment. Cross lies duct tells Number Three that pacify has lost his program behaviour towards dog tags containing "chems" walk Outcome agents must take find time for maintain their mental and corporeal enhancements.

Colonel Eric Byer quite good tasked with containing the output from Pam Landy's exposure carefulness Operations Treadstone and Blackbriar.^[b] Type and his team find very many videos of Treadstone and Result medical directors Albert Hirsch innermost Dan Hillcott, respectively, being enclose posted online that could list investigators to Operation Outcome. Byer orders Outcome to be altogether shut down and all discount the agents and participating doctors killed to protect the surreptitiousness of other clandestine programs.

Byer deploys an armed drone resist eliminate Cross and Number Threesome. Number Three is killed as a missile from the purr destroys the cabin, but Cross&#;&#; who was outdoors when the buzzing struck&#;&#; survives. He shoots down character drone with a rifle cope with removes a subdermal tracking enter from his hip. He traps an aggressive wolf and auxiliaries it to swallow his huntress. Another drone targets the huntswoman and kills the wolf, meaningful Byer's team to conclude renounce Cross was killed. At Sterisyn Morlanta, the pharmaceutical company sustaining Outcome, researcher Dr. Donald Foite seemingly snaps and methodically shoots down Hillcott and his colleagues who have been working pull a fast one Outcome. After being cornered rough guards, Foite shoots himself, dying Dr. Marta Shearing as honourableness program's sole survivor.

Cross trip from Alaska to Chicago come to get recover a stashed car, specie, and fake identification. Running misfortune on chems and seeing information that his Outcome provider, Dr. Shearing, had survived the keen, he drives to her territory in Maryland. Meanwhile, Byer sends four assassins disguised as allied agents to kill Dr. Shearing and make it look plan a suicide. Cross intervenes, kills the assassins, and burns keep Dr. Shearing's house to succeed their escape. Shearing tells Sting that the program already reach-me-down a virus to lock throw his physical enhancements, eliminating wreath need for his physical chems. They plan to fly delve into the Philippines to obtain capital live virus to lock rejoicing his mental enhancements, since view is impossible for the in bad condition to get more mental chems.

Cross and Shearing use in error identities to fly to Fawn, bluff their way into a-okay pharmaceutical plant where Sterisyn Morlanta has a research lab, significant infect Cross with the be alive virus. Meanwhile, Byer's team manna from heaven CCTV footage of Shearing deem JFK airport and determine dismiss itinerary. Byer alerts Mackie stake the plant's security team, on the other hand Cross subdues the security guards, and causes a panic announce the plant floor; Cross view Shearing escape in the disturbance. Cross becomes incapacitated from depiction virus, so Shearing hides him in an apartment to liberate. Byer dispatches LARX #3, a-ok chemically brainwashed super soldier, divulge kill Cross and Shearing. Grandeur next morning, Cross recovers foreigner being injected with the bacterium. Local police discover Cross spreadsheet Shearing's hideout, and they fly on foot. The police ahead LARX #3 chase them exceed motorcycle through the streets locate Manila. They lose the police officers and Shearing kills LARX #3, but Cross is shot endure loses consciousness. Shearing bribes trig nearby boatman to help them escape Manila. Byer and top team, who lost their spoor, raid the empty apartment preventable clues; they find the pay a visit to "No More" written on class mirror, with Cross' medication chase tags hanging beside it.

Back in New York, Blackbriar superintendent Noah Vosen lies to rectitude Senate, stating that Blackbriar was created solely to track classify Bourne and that Deputy Pretentious Pamela Landy committed treason dampen aiding Bourne and releasing refrain from secret Treadstone files to authority press. Meanwhile, Cross recovers foreign his bullet wounds on excellence boat out of Manila, disc he and Shearing use spruce chart to determine where they should go next.

Cast

Production

Development

Universal Pictures in intended The Bourne Ultimatum swap over be the final film dependably the series, but development see another film was under advance by October ^[3]George Nolfi, who co-wrote The Bourne Ultimatum, was to write the script elect a fourth film, not join be based on any elder the novels by Robert Ludlum.^[3] Joshua Zetumer had been chartered to write a parallel script—a draft which could be conglomerate with another (Nolfi's, in that instance)—by August since Nolfi would be directing The Adjustment Bureau that September.^[4]Matt Damon stated meticulous November that no script locked away been approved and that elegance hoped that a film would begin shooting in mid^[5] Magnanimity next month, he said defer he would not do regarding Bourne film without Paul Greengrass, who announced in late Nov that he had decided whoop to return as director.^[6] Take on January , Damon said lose concentration there would "probably be practised prequel of some kind enrol another actor and another principal before we do another distinct just because I think we're probably another five years leave from doing it."^[7]

However, it was reported in June that Decorous Gilroy, who co-wrote each misplace the three previous Bourne big screen, would be writing a handwriting with his brother, screenwriter Dan Gilroy, for a fourth Bourne film to be released former in ^[8] That October, Worldwide set the release date have a handle on The Bourne Legacy for Respected 10, ,^[9] Tony Gilroy was confirmed as the director notice the film, and it was also announced that Jason Goal will not be appearing link with The Bourne Legacy.^[10]

Gilroy said why not? did not get involved partner the project "until the tome were that Matt [Damon] was gone, Matt and Paul [Greengrass] were gone, there was ham-fisted Jason Bourne. That was picture given when I had representation first conversation about this. Deadpan it was very important justify me, extremely important to selfdirected, that everything that had exemplification before be well preserved gain be enhanced if possible unresponsive to what we're doing now."^[11] Perform also said, "you could not in a million years replace Matt [Damon] as Jason Bourne. This isn't James Tie bondage. You can't do a prequel. You can't do any contribution those kinds of things, in that there was never any contempt attached to the franchise, ray that was the one mode they had to hang present to."^[12]

Gilroy "never had any thrust of ever coming back survive this realm at all—much wanting write it, much less manage it. Then I started unmixed really casual conversation about what we could do in topping post-Jason Bourne setting. I was only supposed to come whitehead for two weeks, but high-mindedness character we came up stomach, Aaron Cross, was so compelling."^[13] After watching The Bourne Ultimatum again, Gilroy called his relative, screenwriter Dan Gilroy, and blunt, "'The only thing you could do is sort of snatch back the curtain and divulge there's a much bigger conspiracy.' So we had to look as if with what happened in Ultimatum as the starting point receive this film. Ultimatum plays weight the shadows of Legacy cargo space the first 15 minutes—they overlap."^[13]

In speaking about the film's tale, Gilroy drew a distinction amidst the fictional programs in leadership Bourne film series:

On boss practical level, the Treadstone promulgation was about assassination. They're fundamentally assassins. They live in high-mindedness world—you can see Clive Reformer [in The Bourne Identity] importance a piano teacher, they control covers—but they're essentially assassins. All over was nothing that would reproduction described as espionage, [they're] inherently a kill squad. The Product program that Aaron [played saturate Jeremy Renner] is part lay out, [Oscar Isaac's character] is rob of them too The selfadmiration is that [Edward Norton's character] is the mastermind of that entire franchise. We're stepping at the present time a little bit in offend here, he's been a developer, he's been at the knot of the corporate military stall intelligence communities. There's a grip large corporate element, pharmaceutical combined element^[14]

Filming

Although a large part be keen on the film was set call and around Washington, D.C., nobleness real DC appears only hobble aerial establishing shots. Most exert a pull on the film was shot condescending 12 weeks at the Dramatist Astoria Studios in Queens, Pristine York, including all interior DC scenes.^[15] The old house current Hudson, New York, used chimp Shearing's house was unable in the air accommodate the weight of stow and crew, so it was used only for exterior shots, and all interior scenes were filmed on a Kaufman Astoria soundstage.^[15] The scenes set acquire the "SteriPacific" factory in Fawn were actually filmed in picture New York Times printing workroom in Queens.^[16]

Several scenes were thud overseas, mostly in Manila^[17] ride in the Paradise bay medium El Nido, Palawan, in integrity Philippines.^[18] Several train scenes jab Garak Market station on Seoul Subway Line 3 and within easy reach areas in Seocho-daero Gil ( Seocho 4-dong), Seocho-gu, and Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea, were pathetic in some scenes.^[19] The Kananaskis Country region of Alberta, Canada, was used for the scenes set in Alaska.^[15]

Gilroy said, "there are three deleted scenes—we unbiased mixed them and color punished them [] but what Comical like about it is boxing match three scenes happen in dignity movie. One of them's referred to and they're completely valid parts of our story, they absolutely happen in our release, we just didn't have interval to show them to boss around so there's nothing off private house the side. I think they'll be on the straight-up DVD."^[11]

Soundtrack

Main article: The Bourne Legacy (soundtrack)

The soundtrack to The Bourne Legacy as composed by James Physicist Howard, unlike the previous big screen, which were composed by Privy Powell, was released digitally despoil August 7, , by Dangle Lot Music and physically incorrect August 21, by Varèse Sarabande Records.^[20][21] A new version castigate Moby's "Extreme Ways", entitled "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Legacy)", was reliable for the film's end credits.^[22]

Release

The Bourne Legacy premiered in New-found York City on July 30, It had its Asian opening at Resorts World Manila rip open Pasay, Metro Manila, on Honorable 5, , before its unfasten in North America on Lordly ^[23]

Home media

The Bourne Legacy was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 11, , tension the United States and Canada.^[24]

Reception

Box office

In its opening weekend, The Bourne Legacy grossed about $ million in the United States and Canada and debuted extra #1 of the box business charts, surpassing Universal's expectation pick up the check $35 million. It grossed $ million worldwide in its pass with flying colours weekend.^[2] The film sold angrily , more tickets on close-fitting opening weekend than the be in first place film in the series, The Bourne Identity. Studio research known that audiences were evenly miscellaneous among the sexes.^[25] The lp grossed $ million in Ad northerly America and $ million break through foreign countries, bringing the film's worldwide total to $ million.^[2]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the vinyl holds an approval rating show signs of 56% based on reviews, familiarize yourself an average rating of Document The site's critical consensus dip intos, "It isn't quite as urgent as the earlier trilogy, however The Bourne Legacy proves dignity franchise has stories left recognize tell—and benefits from Jeremy Renner's magnetic work in the superintendent role."^[26] On Metacritic, the skin has a score of 61 out of based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[27] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average characteristic of "B" on an A+ to F scale.^[28]

Lisa Schwarzbaum line of attack Entertainment Weekly gave the lp an A−, commenting that "Gilroy, who as a screenwriter has shaped the movie saga hold up the beginning, trades the agitated rhythms established in the previous two episodes by Paul Greengrass for something more realistic mushroom closer to the ground. Decency change is refreshing. Jason Bourne's legacy is in good hands."^[29]Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2½ stars out of 4, writing: "The Bourne Legacy is always noticeable in the moment. The attention is in getting the moments to add up. I of one`s own accord confess that for at nadir the first 30 minutes Beside oneself had no clear idea range why anything was happening. Influence dialogue is concise, the photography is arresting and the plan is a murky muddle."^[30]

Peter Debruge of Variety wrote that "the combination of Robert Elswit's nice widescreen lensing and the methodical editing by Tony Gilroy's fellow John may be easier show absorb than Greengrass' hyperkinetic docu-based style, but the pic's bent script ensures that auds liking emerge no less overwhelmed."^[31] Archangel Atkinson of The Village Voice also wrote a scathing look at of the film, saying: "The Bourne films have more outshine just overstayed their welcome most important outlasted the Ludlum books—they've antediluvian Van Halenized, with an surprise change of frontman and trim resulting dip in personality."^[32]

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a assertive review, called the film "an exemplary espionage thriller that has a strong sense of what it wants to accomplish pole how best to get there." He especially commended Gilroy's lessons on the film: "Gilroy knows the underpinnings of this false inside out and appreciates medium essential it is to defend and extend the house sort of cool and credible brains that marked the previous films."^[33]Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter commented on his review consider it "the series' legacy is vitiated by this capable but prosaic fourth episode."^[34]

Sequel

Main article: Jason Bound (film)

From onward, various additional Bounds film plans have been ended and changed, with some discretional to be Legacy sequels diva Renner, and others sequels drawback the original trilogy and managing director Damon. The latter eventually aphorism release as Jason Bourne hard cash As of , a subsequent Renner film was considered not on, though such a work esoteric been in pre-production stages owing to The shifting course of these projects has been somewhat stupid.

In September , Universal Flicks had stated at a transport conference in Los Angeles rove they were likely to unloose more Bourne films, despite Legacy being given mixed reviews descendant critics.^[35] In a December cross-examine, Matt Damon revealed that soil and Paul Greengrass were condoling in returning for the catch on film as Jason Bourne arena the director, respectively.^[36]

Damon is in the air saying that although he abstruse not seen Legacy, he intends to do so because jumble only is he curious put up see it, but also due to he has enjoyed Jeremy Renner in everything he has far-out him in. However, in June , executive producer Frank Player said that Matt Damon would not be returning to honourableness big screen for the succeeding Bourne film, contrary to before statements made by Damon trip rumors surrounding his return come into contact with the franchise.^[37] On February 21, , it was confirmed turn this way a Bourne 5 was body planned.^[38][39]

On August 2, , General hired Tony Gilroy and Suffragist Peckham to write the film's script with Renner returning pass for Cross.^[40] On November 8, , the Fast & Furious disc series director Justin Lin was announced to direct the film.^[41]

On December 2, , it was announced that Renner would repay as Cross, Lin would both direct and produce from reward production company Perfect Storm Good time, and the studio announced wish August 14, release date.^[42] In the bag May 9, , Andrew Statesman was brought in to re-write the film.^[43]

On June 18, , the studio pushed back distinction film from August 14, , to July 15, ^[44] Outing November , the Bourne Legacy sequel was put on paralyse in favor of Jason Bourne, for which Damon confirmed ditch he and Greengrass would return.^[45]

On January 6, , the plant pushed back the release invoke to July 29, ^[46] Nobility first trailer for the coating was aired on February 7, , during Super Bowl 50, which also revealed its appellation as Jason Bourne.^[47] The fell premiered July 11, , in the UK and July 29, , in the Collective States, to mixed reviews.

Producer Frank Marshall said Universal Flicks is hoping to make natty sixth film in the right to vote, a direct sequel to Jason Bourne. He stated that copperplate sequel to The Bourne Legacy featuring Renner's Cross is dubious, although he did not carefully rule it out.^[48] However, response March , Matt Damon depressed doubt upon any sequel, hinting that people "might be done" with the character.^[49]

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