Mini Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy: ★★½

Great action sequences built into an otherwise weak storyline. Clearly the marketability of the Bourne name was used to draw in a bigger audience.  Besides a microscopic tie in to the previous 3 films, I see no reason why The Bourne Legacy should even be associated with the Matt Damon trilogy.  In fact, I think this would would have been a much better film as a stand alone.  Regardless, Jeremy Renner is great, and there are a couple of sequences that will keep you on the edge of your seat.  Despite the negatives of this movie, I still enjoyed it, for the most part.  I would recommend you see this in the theater if you must, but you might get more for your money's worth if you wait to rent this.

3 ACTION-PACKED web rumblings, and they're making me GIDDY...

What a juicy day in movie news. Today, I was overjoyed to read about the rumblings of three different action movie "sequels" that will be coming to theaters in the not too distant future. And I must admit people, that I am getting pretty giddy about it.

First up is Warner Bros. reinvention of the highly popular Terminator series. Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, starring Christian Bale and rumored to also star Josh Brolin, has been set for release in May 2009. According to Variety, the film will begin shooting in New Mexico on May 5 and should go for about two months. The storyline is under tight wraps, but the plot is only the first part of a planned trilogy. Salvation is supposed to take place after the nuclear holocaust that concluded Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, with John Connor (Bale) leading a renegade band of human survivors in the fight against Skynet. Terminator fans everywhere rejoice, there might actually be salvation for us after Terminator 3's shortcomings.

The second bit of juicy news, although not nearly as cool, is that my British look-alike, Jason Statham, is officially repeating his role, for the third go, as the edgy, gun-slinging, kung fu-fighting, driver/delivery man also known as The Transporter. The buzz-cut-having Brit will again play Frank, the mercenary delivery driver who will transport any package, anywhere, no questions asked. Plot details for the third installment haven't been released yet, but according to Variety, Transporter 3 will maintain its European flair with shooting scheduled for 16 weeks in Russia and France.

The third and final bit of juiciness is all thanks to a mundane and otherwise boring article that was posted on Variety (yes, all of my source material is from the same website in this entry). The article eludes to, but does not confirm that a fourth chapter of the Jason Bourne series could be reality. Can the series be BOURNE AGAIN? Word for word the article states:

"More recently, Shmuger and Linde landed Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon for a fourth "Bourne" movie, even though the director and star seemed ready to wrap it up after three pics."

Reality or not, the idea of another Bourne film gets me excited like a 12-year-old girl at the front row of a Back Street Boys concert. "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart!)" Matt Damon.