It's not really a prequel. Nor is it a sequel. I might be wrong, but I think it's a parallel line of a movie, running more or less alongside the action and shadowy deeds of the previous "Bournes", this time with Jeremy Renner in the lead. He doesn't play Jason Bourne. Jason Bourne isn't in "The Bourne Legacy". Renner plays Aaron Cross, another of
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It's not really a prequel. Nor is it a sequel. I might be wrong, but I think it's a parallel line of a movie, running more or less alongside the action and shadowy doings of the previous &quot;Bournes,&quot; this time with Jeremy Renner in the lead.

He does not play Jason Bourne. Jason Bourne isn't in &quot;The Bourne Legacy.&quot; Renner plays Aaron Cross, another one of the highly trained killers in a related supersecret U.S. government program. Because the here-unseen Bourne refuses to be killed by the Central Intelligence Agency, everything's in disarray for the program known as Outcome. -- Michael Phillips&lt;br&gt;&lt;bR&gt;Read the full &lt;a href=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-0807-bourne-legacy-20120809,0,1685545.column&gt;&quot;The Bourne Legacy&quot; movie review&lt;/a&gt;