Suffice to say, there is a Damon-shaped reason they opted to make Jason Bourne instead of a Bourne Legacy sequel, and while it’s still too early to determine how Treadstone will fare, the similarly mixed reviews could spell trouble.
Centering on Jeremy Renner’s Aaron Cross, The Bourne Legacy did decent box office and earned some favorable reviews, though the public’s general response was mixed.
Comparisons to the original three movies were inevitable, and some viewers found it to be an inferior spinoff with a muddled plotline that didn’t have the same draw of the previous installments.