The Bourne Legacy

"There was never just one."

2012 2h 15m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 6,311

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Synopsis

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New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

“There was never just one.”

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Cast

Jeremy Renner
Aaron Cross
Rachel Weisz
Dr. Marta Shearing
Edward Norton
Byer
Stacy Keach
Turso
Dennis Boutsikaris
Ward
Oscar Isaac
Outcome #3
Joan Allen
Pamela Landy
Albert Finney
Dr. Albert Hirsch

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tony Gilroy
Writers: Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy
Languages: English, Russian
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Bourne Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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435+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tony Gilroy, shot by Robert Elswit. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Gilroy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Tony Gilroy directs. Robert Elswit behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. John Gilroy cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1$130M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
4Part of the "The Bourne Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5435+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Tony Gilroy, shot by Robert Elswit. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor John Gilroy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "There was never just one.".
11IMDB entry: tt1194173 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 21 themes, including "assassin", "espionage", "wolf", "maryland".
13Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Original score: James Newton Howard
Editing: John Gilroy
Production design: Kevin Thompson
Makeup / hair: Felicity Bowring
VFX supervisor: Hal Couzens
Sound: Christopher Assells
Stunt coordinator: Dan Bradley
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $130,000,000
Box office: $276,600,000
Return: 213% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Part of

The Bourne Collection

The Bourne films are a series of action thriller movies based on the character Jason Bourne, a CIA assassin suffering from extreme memory loss who must figure out who he is. The character is based on novels by Robert Ludlum. The fourth film in the series introduces Aaron Cross, a Department of Defense operative who runs for his life because of Bourne's actions.

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cigarnoob2012-12-16
★ 10/10
Arguably the best Bourne film to-date. The acting is top-notch and the plot is just awesome and believable. It starts out a little slower than the previous ones but then it picks up. I can't wait for the next one! Woohoo!
The Movie Mob2023-02-11
★ 8/10
The Bourne Legacy perfects the action style of the franchise with a little more brutality making this spin-off hit hard and greatly entertain. The Bourne Legacy spins off from the Bourne franchise and follows a new agent who has been betrayed by the government and must go in the run to survive. Jeremy Renee’s Aaron Cross has a much more brutal combat style than Bourne, and excited to watch. The Bourne Legacy focuses more on the action and introduces the corrupt network that Cross must battle to bring down and survive. With very little story, the heavy lifting of this film falls on the actors to make it exciting and convincing, which Renner and Weisz deliver with ease. I loved this new direction and these new characters and was disappointed that a sequel was canceled to return to Jason Bourne’s story rather than continuing with Aaron Cross. Thankfully, the Bourne Legacy tells enough story and has enough fun to make it a solid stand-alone action spy film that is highly entertaining and worth a watch.
Dr Nostromo2026-01-20
★ 7/10
66/100 Because of Bourne's exposure of covert agencies within our government in "Ultimatum", these same agencies decide it's best to shut them all down. Aaron Cross, an agent from the Outcome operation isn't too happy about that. Much more a simple chase film and less an espionage / political subterfuge film, Jeremy Renner does a great job as our star agent and it still works as an exciting international action thriller. In fact, I'd like to see more Aaron Cross but that's probably not going to happen. -- DrNostromo.com