Guest Blogger: Hunter H2

In the movie The Bourne Legacy, the fourth installment of the highly successful Bourne series, the film sidelines the usual main character Jason Bourne, and instead turns its attention to another fellow assassin. Aaron Cross is a member of Operation Outcome, a U.S. Defense Department program where field operative’s abilities are enhanced through the consumption of pills called "chems". In the beginning of the movie, after escaping an unmanned drone attack while on a training mission in Alaska, Cross realizes that his superiors have ordered his assassination. Cross still requires regular consumption of the chems, and must save, and work together with the only survivor of the elimination of Outcome's private research lab, geneticist Dr. Marta Shearing. The two must go to the factory that produces the pills, and after the factory's security staff are notified, Cross and Shearing manage make a quite exciting escape. An order to kill the two after this leads them to try and escape the pursuit of their enemies. Matt Damon played the leading role in the first three Bourne movies tremendously, but Jeremy Renner, who plays Aaron Cross, also brings that brand of intensity to the role of a killing machine. The Bourne Legacy has many Christian themes seen throughout the movie. Common dialogue in the film contains both the words God, and pray. Some say the roll of Cross in the movie even represents an avenging angel sent to protect Dr. Marta Shearing. In one seen, Cross even looks like he is running across the water. And remember that his name is also “Cross”. It is also always seen in the Bourne movies, a man sent to unveil the corrupted evil, and to do what is right, despite the fact that he is being hunted by what is supposed to be society’s “good guys”. Critics say that the movie is unclear, and no details are invested in or developed. But this is the fourth installment in a movie franchise. To better understand the movie, you must gain background knowledge and watch the first three movies. I believe that this movie was one of the most intense movies I’ve watched, but the experience is different for a person who does not fully understand the plot and previous events in other movies that have triggered the events seen in The Bourne Legacy.