Review of The Bourne Legacy

The other day I saw "The Bourne Legacy".  I was very relcutant to watch the movie because it did not have Matt Damon playing Jason Bourne like all of the other movies.  Instead the lead character was played by Jeremy Renner.  I was not sure that Jeremy Renner would be able to fulfill the hole that Matt Damon left when he decided that he was not going to make another "Bourne" movie for fear of ruining the series.  In the beginning of the movie, I was confused as to what was happening in the movie.  It seemed rather fictitious that the CIA agents would be genetically mutated to become "super soldiers".  But after continuing with the film, I realized that Jeremy Renner would actually be a very good fit to replace Matt Damon.  The director, Tony Gilroy, set the movie at the same time when Jason Bourne was on the run during the other movies.  Throughout the movie, references to Jason Bourne and the crimes that he was committing in the other "Bourne" movies can be seem, adding a bit of depth to the new Bourne movie.  Overall, compared to the other "Bourne" movies, this movie was actually quite similar from a broad perspective.  The movie mainly consisted of a CIA agent who realizes that the organization he works for is trying to kill him, causing him to go rogue.  The CIA agent who goes rogue, meets a woman who is willing to help him so he can further his own cause, very similar to the woman that Jason Bourne met during the first movie: "The Bourne Identity".  And finally, the main character overcomes a series of obstacles, killing many to conquer the people trying to stop him.  This is very similar to the other "Bourne" movies.  Even though this movie was very similar to all of the others, I still found it very surprising and I did enjoy it very much.  However, if the director continues to make his movies very similar to each other, I can already predict what will happen in the next movie.