The Bourne Legacy
Movie, 2012, Outcome, Set in During Ultimatum
The Bourne Legacy is #4 of 6 in release order and #4 of 6 in chronological order in the Bourne.
The story
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
The Bourne Legacy recap
During the events of The Bourne Ultimatum, Aaron Cross, an agent in Operation Outcome, trains alone in the Alaskan wilderness. Outcome uses blue and green pills to boost its agents' physical and mental abilities. With Bourne about to expose Treadstone and Blackbriar, retired Air Force colonel Eric Byer decides to shut down Outcome and kill all its agents. A drone attacks Cross in Alaska, but he removes his tracking implant and escapes. The scientists in the lab that made the pills are shot by a colleague who has been brainwashed. Byer's people stage the shooting as a suicide and send a team to kill Dr. Marta Shearing, the only survivor, but Cross saves her. He needs the drugs, which he is nearly out of, so they fly to Manila, where the factory that makes them is, so he can be infected with a virus that makes the changes permanent.
The Bourne Legacy ending explained
In Manila, Cross gets the virus and goes through the fever. Byer sends LARX-03, an agent from a newer program with no emotions. The Manila police and LARX-03 chase Cross and Marta through the city on motorcycles, and Marta kicks LARX-03 off his bike to his death. A boatman helps them escape, and they sail away.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy is streaming on Netflix in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 56%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Bourne Ultimatum, before Jason Bourne.
- Chronological order: after The Bourne Ultimatum, before Jason Bourne.
What to watch before The Bourne Legacy
In release order, the essentials before The Bourne Legacy (2012) are The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). The Bourne Legacy itself is optional in the Bourne order.
Cast
- Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross
- Rachel Weisz as Dr. Marta Shearing
- Edward Norton as Byer
- Stacy Keach as Turso
- Dennis Boutsikaris as Ward
- Oscar Isaac as Outcome #3
- Joan Allen as Pamela Landy
- Albert Finney as Dr. Albert Hirsch
- David Strathairn as Noah Vosen
- Scott Glenn as Ezra Kramer
- Donna Murphy as Dita Mandy
- Michael Chernus as Arthur Ingram
Directed by Tony Gilroy.