100 things I learned from The Bourne Legacy

8. The ease with which a Larx agent can be killed is in direct inverse proportion to the supposed toughness of the character.

"2. Everyone in Manilla speaks and understands English perfectly."


You'll be suprised.

14. All closets in Labs have bullet-proof glass, so if a psychopath is shooting up your laboratory, hide in the closet because he cant shoot through the glass - also make sure to tie a string around the handle as the door with bullet proof glass does not have a lock.

5. You can take passport photos with your glasses on.

In Canada you can anyway.

J’suis Acadien and french canadian!

2. Yes, as a resident of the Philippines, I guarantee you this is pretty accurate. English is the second language of the country after Filipino, and English is the medium of instruction in school for majority of subjects, not Filipino. Many TV shows are American, and even local shows are interspersed with English. Ads, billboards, road signs, establishments - many are in English. Official government records and forms as well as legal and medical documents, among others, are primarily in English for the most part. Products, medicines, supplies, etc. - a lot are in English. The three primary / leading newspapers are in English.

Now level of fluency varies depending on educational attainment and social class, but unlike with most other Asian countries, an American can go to Manila with minimal issues on language barrier. An American will be able to communicate with majority of Manilans except for the poorest of the poor.

So in this regard, the movie needed no suspension of disbelief.

FYI.

7. You can tackle a wolf with your bare hands

Actually, it IS possible. There are plenty of documented instances of men having killed dogs of all sizes (and wolves) with their bare hands. An average male human has superior limb strength and range of movement to that of a wolf or dog. Once a canine's only weapon is nullified (as in the movie - and there are multiple ways to do this), it is rendered useless. A human also has multiple weapons at their disposal and more than one way to break a dog or wolf down. Hell, as a 16yr old I was jumped by a particularly vicious Rottweiler while walking home at night, and managed to turn it on its back and subdue it. People have killed leopards (a 73 year old man at that) and there's even a recent case of a man killing a lion bare-handed. On top of all this, we're talking about a man who's at the top of his game as a killer. IMO, the wolf never stood a chance.

The others all stood out for me as well, though. I don't remember having as many 'what the?' moments in the previous Bourne films.

23. The ability to brainwash people has already been established, but apparently it's a better idea to kill all Outcome agents and leave their corpses lying about for foreign governments to examine and gain some insight into your genetic modifications.

2. Everyone in Manilla speaks and understands English perfectly.

28. If you cut a tracking device out of your leg you must make the wolf swallow it and out run the wolf by a great distance. A much better plan than just chucking the thing as far as you can and running in the other direction.

29. If you are fake suiciding someone, don't worry about the struggle leaving evidence of a fight. The bruises and scratches won't mean anything to a coroner. And don't worry about her plans to visit her sister, lots of people decide to commit suicide right before leaving on a trip.

30. You can shave two days off the record by jumping over the mountain.

31. Jason Bourne was here.

32. By all means kill the scientists that have no knowledge of the program they are working on. They don't know where the pills are and they don't even know the names of their subjects.

33. It takes at least 4 agents to fake one suicide.

34. It's better to burn down the house rather than just leave. I mean it's not like they aren't going to figure out that none of the charred remains are the doctor.

35. It's easy to fake a passport.

36. There is no problem using fake IDs the government gave you to elude the government that is hunting you.

36. The government can find you even if you are hiding out in a barrio in Manila.

37. When you are fleeing on a motorcycle always wear a helmet, it might just save your life.

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