The Bourne Legacy: A Reboot

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Let's start from the very beginning, my previous discussion on this matter was a fail, sorry. The fourth installment of the Bourne series brings us the character of Jason Bourne no longer, the American spy who was brainwashed, his true identity, David Webb, was erased, and he was eventually made to kill for a few CIA men who used the program for their vested interests, such as money and world political power. The trilogy was penned by novelist Robert Ludlum. I am not sure, but I believe that The Bourne Legacy is a sequel penned by another author. The story is a continuation of Bourne's struggle to disengage himself from the abusers who used him, and many other ace spies, who were also brainwashed, to do the killing for these power hungry CIA men. One of the super spies in the making was a soldier, Erin Cross, and the role was essayed by Jeremy Renner, my current favorite actor. But of course I did not just like the movie because of Renner, and the fact that the second half of the movie was shot in my country, the last chase scene, where the two protagonists finally fell off the motorbike, was shot in my city market, ha ha. Of course, I did catch the crew and the actors, one morning during a shoot, and if Jeremy Renner can recall that lady in a white van, crazily waving at him and Rachel, Weisz, it was me. Bourne Legacy was Bourne's lagacy. What exactly is that legacy? Well, simply put, that science couldn't totally delete the memory of man. That leaves to be seen in the next few years, as technology seem to be getting us to wider horizons, but as of today, there is that one message sent: Don't mess up with man's mind. The movie was actually a good one. It took the viewers to the pacifying ice mountains of Alaska, the training grounds for the super spies. The snow was breathtaking. Then we subliminally focused the protagonist, presented with the pervading image of a wolf, a foreshadowing of the story, who is hunting who? Then we were ushered to the laboratory, the necessary elimination of the researchers and scientists, the shadowy CIA programmers (literally), and the hideous problem this scheming evil men could not solve, Jason Bourne. The human spirit, that which lies in the mind, cannot be broken. Thus Erin Cross, Bourne's Legacy. NB: To my friends who answered in my early discussion, the one that was not finished, am sorry again, my daughter is booting me out of the internet, she has conference with her class. I do hope though that I brought some points to ponder in this discussion. Do not mind the negative criticisms, I think those came from those who did not understand the story. Watch the movie, it is exciting, guaranteed. Over and out.