THE BOURNE LEGACY (***)

(2012) Though connected to the Jason Bourne storyline (in particular The Bourne Ultimatum), The Bourne Legacy is about another covert Black Ops agent, Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), who alone survives when his fellow agents are systematically assassinated, in an attempt to keep any knowledge of their existence from leaking out.  Cross, badly in need of medications to keep up the advanced physical and mental conditioning he'd received during his training from crashing, finds Dr. Marta Shearing (Rachel Weisz) - the woman who'd been supplying his meds during his initial training - in time to save her from being killed off as well, and the two go both in search of the meds Cross needs to survive, as well as team up to survive and take out the system.  Lots of chase scenes and heavy drama later, the film turned out okay as a slightly-above-average action film, but a bit muddled and not quite up to par with, say, early entries in this serious.  Loved the final chase scene, though, and Renner does make the most of what he has to work with!  (rated PG-13)

THE BOURNE LEGACY trailer