Somehow it has worked out that I have yet to see a Bourne movie. I know I want to see them and the trailers have all intrigued me. It’s just happened that I haven’t seen one and I feel like it’s a series I need to start from the beginning, so with each movie that has come out, I’ve wound up farther and farther behind with the franchise. If I don’t fix that soon, it looks like the fourth film in the franchise, The Bourne Legacy, may wind up being my first Bourne movie.
Staring Jeremy Renner instead of Matt Damon, The Bourne Legacy expands on the universe established in the first trilogy. Originally it was suspected that Renner was going to play a younger version of Jason Bourne, but as we can see from the trailer, instead this is a separate story that forks off from Matt Damon’s character, or, as the trailer and poster puts it, “There was never just one.”
I really like the visual approach of the trailer, which obscures the visual landscape of the first half of the trailer by masking the faces in a “disavowed” manner. It’s reminiscent of a file where the information has been struck through. That right there gives an indication of how successful this second storyline will be for the agency behind Bourne, adding to the depth of the trailer overall. As an audience, however we already know things haven’t worked properly for them, so I really hope it’s unique enough that I hope we’re getting more than just a rehash of what was already done with Matt Damon.