'The Bourne Legacy' trailer shows star Jeremy Renner's action experience
There鈥檚 been some confusion surrounding , which is neither a direct continuation of the storyline from previous Bourne movies, nor a reboot of the franchise. Instead, it鈥檚 a semi-spinoff that revolves around a different 鈥減rogrammed鈥� Treadstone assassin 鈥� as played by Hawkeye from (a.k.a. Oscar-nominee Jeremy Renner).
Bourne film series screenwriter Tony Gilroy is juggling both writing and directing duties on Bourne Legacy. His involvement with the new chapter in this popular action-thriller franchise 鈥� combined with the film鈥檚 respectable cast (more on that in a moment) 鈥� was enough to land this not-a-reboot installment a spot on our 听濒颈蝉迟.
Renner stars in Bourne Legacy as 鈥�,鈥� a new highly-lethal government spook 鈥渨hose life-or-death stakes have been triggered by the events of the first three films.鈥� In other words, history ends up repeating itself in the aftermath of , once聽Cross goes rogue 鈥� forcing government agents like Pam Landy (Joan Allen) and Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) to track him down, by whatever means necessary.
In addition to returning Bourne universe players like Allen, Strathairn, and Albert Finney, the Bourne Legacy cast also includes decorated stars such as Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz (), along with Oscar Isaac (Drive) and Stacy Keach (Prison Break) in supporting roles. As you will see in the Bourne Legacy teaser, though, this is first and foremost Renner鈥榮 chance to show off more of his action star chops.
Check out the official teaser trailer for The Bourne Legacy, below:
Based on this early footage, Gilroy has traded in the frantic shaky cam and kinetic editing that director Paul Greengrass favored in Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum, in favor of the steadier, but still exhilarating approach of Doug Liman in Bourne Identity. For those who were never big fans of Greengrass鈥� style, the news that they鈥檒l actually be able to see what Renner is doing during Bourne Legacy鈥榮 action sequences should be most welcome.
If there鈥檚 one potential note of concern to take away from this otherwise promising teaser, it鈥檚 that Bourne Legacy could suffer a bit from retconning. That is, Cross is being setup as a much more 鈥渟table鈥� and effective killer than even Jason Bourne鈥� and yet, throughout the previous films, there was always the implication that Bourne was far and away the deadliest operative produced by Treadstone. Not that this will detract from Bourne Legacy鈥榮 quality as a standalone story, but still鈥�
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