LIFENET MOVIE REVIEWS: The Bourne Legacy (AUGUST 10, 2012)

Directed By: Tony Gilroy
Screenplay By: Tony and Dan Gilroy
Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Jeffrey M. Weiner, Ben Smith
Director of Photography: Robert Elswit
Editor: John Gilroy
Production Designer: Kevin Thompson

Genre: Action-thriller
Running Time: 135 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: August 10, 2012
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and action sequences

Studio: Universal Pictures

The Bourne franchise returns with The Bourne Legacy, the fourth entry in the blockbuster franchise. Minus Matt Damon but plus Jeremy Renner, this action-heavy drama finds Renner playing an agent you would never want to tangle with and Edward Norton as the film's main bad guy. Writer Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum) steps behind the camera to direct from a script he co-wrote with his brother, Dan. And while this isn't the Bourne we're used to, everything that takes place in The Bourne Legacy will feel familiar to fans of the first three films.

Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) shows off her action skills as a scientist forced into running for her life in The Bourne Legacy, the fourth film of the franchise and the first without Matt Damon in a starring role. In this Bourne, it's not a 'Bourne' at all whose adventures we follow. Instead, Jeremy Renner takes over as Aaron Cross, an agent who's equally as lethal - and determined - as Jason Bourne.