2012 · action · thriller · spy
The Bourne Legacy
Directed by Tony Gilroy2h 15m2012
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Our read: The Bourne Legacy (2012) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded action · thriller · spy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- cold
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