Total FilmAssured if not inspired, Legacy keeps the Bourne engine ticking over without reaching top gear. The action's accomplished an...
TelegraphJeremy Renner takes over the ropes in the fourth Bourne film, which amounts to little more than a prolonged and exciting chase
Salon ArtsThe Bourne Legacy is a lean, clean killing machine that supplies some dark, late-summer thrills and chills and breathes new ...
The New YorkerThe new movie continues the Bourne tradition of exciting, reality-based thrillers, but when the series lost its star it lost...
New York Daily NewsHe won't erase any memories of Damon, but Renner's turn is strong enough to stand on its own.
The New York Times By the time Rachel Weisz, as a scientist called Dr. Marta Shearing, showed up in a lab coat, I stopped trying to parse every...
The Boston GlobeThe best thing that can be said about The Bourne Legacy is that Renner will survive it.
Rolling StoneThe Bourne Legacy is dwarfed by the three smash Bourne movies that preceded it. But for summer movie night escapsim, you cou...
The Philadelphia InquirerA momentum-driven thriller that depends less on star power than on epic action sequences.
Wall Street JournalCan a Bourne-again movie succeed without Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, without Bourne himself, and without a Robert Ludlum boo...
Los Angeles TimesComplex, unexpected and dazzling, alternating relentless tension with resonant emotional moments, this is an exemplary espio...
San Francisco ChronicleIt all but squanders Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz, although with actors less appealing, The Bourne Legacy would be even wo...
Washington PostGilroy has brought characteristic taste and skill to a nearly impossible task: embracing the past without completely erasing...
SlateThe movie's last hour or so squanders these rich narrative possibilities in an incoherently plotted, generically action-pack...
TelegraphThe new Bourne movie The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner, is a nifty model of rapid storytelling.
CinefoolsNevertheless, it is a smart, muscular action film in its own right, and I would heartily recommend it as an above average ac...
TelegraphPatrick Smith finds the new Bourne film The Bourne Legacy, overlong, overly complicated and veering towards parody.
Entertainment WeeklyWhen agent Aaron Cross plunges into icy waters in the opening moments of the brisk and satisfying spy thriller The Bourne Le...
Chicago Sun-Times"The Bourne Legacy" is the story of a man who needs some medication and spends the whole movie trying to get it.
/FilmIt gives you so much information, it takes away from the action, but the information is so interesting, you want more than ...
The GuardianJeremy Renner out-toughs Matt Damon in the fourth Bourne installment, and parkour fans will be delighted. But is the franchi...
Film School RejectsThe action is well-executed, the performances are strong and Jeremy Renner is the right guy to take over this franchise.
FirstShowingThere's little else to say in The Bourne Legacy's defense. Norton is always convincing even when, like here, he has very lit...
IGN MoviesIt all makes for a frustrating viewing experience when you know that those films are superior to this one in every way, shap...
JobloMy only real beef with THE BOURNE LEGACY is that it ends very abruptly. I was a bit surprised once Moby's 'Extreme Ways' kic...
The Movie Picture ShowSomeone decided that it was best to rely on talking, and attempts at drama instead of high octane action for some reason.
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Director: Tony Gilroy
Writer: Tony Gilroy
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton
Release: August 3, 2012
Writer: Tony Gilroy
Studio: Universal Pictures
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton
Release: August 3, 2012
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