The Bourne Legacy [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Overview

The fourth installment of the highly successful Bourne series sees the return of the franchise's screenwriter, Tony Gilroy, this time stepping into the director's seat for an entry which sidelines main character Jason Bourne in order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz co-star, with Joan Allen and Albert Finney reprising their roles from the previous films.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/05/2016
UPC:	0025192346736
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:15:00

Special Features

Deleted Scenes; Re-Bourne ; Enter Aaron Cross; Crossing Continents: Legacy on Location; Man vs. Wolf; Wolf Sequence Test; Moving Targets: Aaron and Marta; Capturing Chaos: The Motorbike Chase; Filmmaker Commentary

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jeremy Renner	Aaron Cross
Rachel Weisz	Dr. Marta Shearing
Joan Allen	Pam Landy
Albert Finney	Dr. Albert Hirsch
Stacy Keach	Retired Adm. Mark Turso, USN
Scott Glenn	Ezra Kramer
Oscar Isaac	Outcome #3
David Strathairn	Noah Vosen
Donna Murphy	Dita Mandy
Michael Chernus	Arthur Ingram
Corey Stoll	Zev Vendel
Alice Gainer	Lean Forward MSNBC Anchor
Prue Lewarne	CNN Reporter
Howard Leader	MSNBC Man Analyst
James Joseph O'Neil	Sterisyn-Morlanta Gateman
Tony Guida	Dr. Benezara
Sonnie Brown	Dr. Lieberburg
Neil Brooks Cunningham	Dr. Dan Hillcott
Zeljko Ivanek	Dr. Donald Foite
Rob Riley	Outcome #6,Actor
Noel Wilson	Neuro Luncheon MC
Dennis Boutsikaris	Terrence Ward
Corey Johnson	Ray Wills
Jennifer Kim	Outcome #4
Page Leong	Mrs. Yun
John Douglas Thompson	Lt. Gen. Paulsen
Adi Hanash	Outcome #1
Robert Prescott	Air Force Officer
David Wilson Barnes	Drone Spec.
Don Guillory	Drone Pilot
Patrick Vincent Marro	Drone Command Guard
Ali Reza Farahnakian	Actor
Gita Reddy	Dr. Chandra
Tom Riis Farrell	Blue Lab Doctor
Steve Routman	Blue Lab Doctor
Peter Lewis	Blue Lab Doctor
Anitha Gandhi	Blue Lab Doctor
Heather Lupton Rasche	Blue Lab Doctor
Natalie Bird	Blue Lab Doctor
Nilaja Sun	Blue Lab Doctor
Christopher Mann	Lab Guard
Billy Smith	Lab Guard
Murray Knudsen	Alaska Airport Guard
Susan Egbert	DIA Attorney
Tim Devitt	FBI Honcho
Brian Poteat	State Investigator
Clayton Barber	Gene
Elizabeth Marvel	Dr. Connie Dowd
Michael Papajohn	Larry
David Leitch	The Driver
Michael Berresse	Leonard
Deidre Goodwin	Candent Spokesperson
Laura Spaeth	Walking Woman
Sam Gilroy	C-Team
Sharon Washington	C-Team
Rachel Black	C-Team
Frank Deal	C-Team
Rob Yang	C-Team
Catherine Curtin	C-Team
Matt Oberg	C-Team
Gary Lee Mahmoud	C-Team
Faye Yvette McQueen	TSA Guard
Pat Battle	MSNBC Anchor
Nico Bernuth	Flight Attendant
Jane Jameston	Flight Attendant
Roland Manansala	Steri-M Guard
John Arcilla	Joseph
Josh Banks	Mackie's Assistant
Shane Jacobson	Mackie
Allen Jo	Guard
Jonathan Eusebio	Guard
Jon Valera	Guard
Carl Villa Roman	Sterival Catwalk Guard
Louis Ozawa Changchien	LARX #3
Madeleine Nicolas	Landlady
Ruby Ruiz	Philippine Pharmacist
Cherry Devera	Crisis Translator
Julienne Orindain	TV Girl
Antonette R. Garcia	TV Mom
Sonny Tuazon	Manila Cop
Normandy Bacaltos	Manila Cop
Edgar Letran	Manila Cop
Alvin Zalamea	Manila Cop
Spencer Sano	Manila Cop
Julie R. Ysla	Woman with the Bag
Joel Torre	Citrus Samaritan
Hermie Concepcion	Pissed-Off Guy
Arthur Acuna	Manila Driver
Adrian Talinga	Captain's Son
Lou Veloso	Captain
Ian Blackman	Landy's Attorney
Jodi Applegate Kay	Landy Reporter
Tony Carlin	Landy Reporter
Karen Pittman	Landy Reporter
Ana Berry	Landy Reporter
Matthew Walters	Landy Reporter
Brian O'Neill	Landy Reporter
Ali Reza	Actor
Edward Norton	Retired Col. Eric Byer, USAF
James Newton Howard	Composer

Technical Credits

Tony Gilroy

Robert Ludlum

Tony Gilroy	Director,Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Jeffrey M. Weiner	Producer
Frank Marshall	Producer
Ben Smith	Producer
Patrick Crowley	Producer
Henry Morrison	Executive Producer,Producer
Jennifer Fox	Executive Producer
Peter Staubli	Sound/Sound Designer
Dino R. DiMuro	Sound/Sound Designer
Christopher Assells	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Effects
Ellen Chenoweth	Casting
Dan Bradley	Second Unit Director,Stunts
Chris O'Hara	Stunts
Kirk H. Francis	Sound Mixer
Robert Ludlum	Screenwriter
Lope V. Juban Jr.	Producer
Andrew R. Tennenbaum	Producer
Scott Garcia	Special Effects
Daniel M. Stillman	Producer

Editorial Reviews

When you're talking about a movie's relative quality, context is everything. How you choose to compare a given film to other movies can radically change your opinion about it. But no matter what angle you take on Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy, it comes up frustratingly short. Jeremy Renner plays Aaron Cross, an agent participating in a clandestine government program that's attempting to create chemically altered supersoldiers who possess maximum intelligence, pronounced physical strength, and the ability to withstand massive amounts of pain. When a British reporter threatens to expose this top-secret project, a military insider (Edward Norton) tries to shut the program down by killing all of the human guinea pigs in the experiment. However, Cross figures out what's going on, and with the help of a scientist (Oscar winner Rachel Weisz), he goes on the run to save himself. Gilroy's movie works, but it's the weakest installment in the series. For example, in Doug Liman's The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne had no idea what was going on -- he simply awoke with total amnesia, as well as the ability to outthink, outfight, and outrun everybody else. As he tried to discover his true self, the audience identified with his perpetual WTF face and wanted to emulate his ability to beat multiple people into submission. Aaron Cross (note the symbolism of the last names Bourne and Cross), on the other hand, knows exactly who and what he is from the start -- he's just trying to avoid being sacrificed because of the stupidity of the people in charge. Renner is rock solid in the part and he's as much a real person as a superhero, yet the story is set up in such a way that we're constantly aware that Aaron is nothing like us. The Bourne Legacy also pales compared to Supremacy and Ultimatum. In those two sequels, director Paul Greengrass masterfully orchestrated action sequences that kept the viewer aware of where everybody was during extended chases and shoot-outs. Unfortunately, the lengthy chase scene that ends this film is a mess: It's all quick cuts and sound effects that drag on for so long you give up and wait for it to end -- which, to be fair, it does in a very memorable shot. What Gilroy can do with mastery is build tension. There's a sequence involving a crazed gunman on a shooting spree that creates unbearable stress with classic edits and camera work. Gilroy also gives Renner plenty of moments in which the actor humanizes Aaron, especially in an early sequence when he stumbles through Alaska and comes across another member of the program. But the problem is that Gilroy doesn't do protracted action sequences or character beats as well as Greengrass or Liman. If The Bourne Legacy were the starting point for a series, it would be easier to get more excited about it. And although it certainly figures out a novel way to continue the franchise while still acknowledging its rich past, it's that same towering history that keeps this latest entry from being anything more than a serviceable summer diversion.