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Probably should have been a standalone


In all honesty, this is not a bad movie. The acting and action is good and the story works.
If it would have been a standalone or if they dident mention Bourne in the movie and the title and it was the same universe, it could have worked. What do you say.

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Well, if they're gonna use the 'Bourne' name in the title then it would probably leave a lot of people wondering why?

I do agree though that if this character was an agent to a similar program, there could have been a lot of story removed that didn't really add much in the way that they just wanted to kill everyone in the program.

I also think that because the name 'Bourne' was in the title, peoples expectations were set to expect something they've seen before and when they didn't get that, it might have been a bit of a turnoff.

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I'm hoping that what makes this series different is that aaron chooses to expose everything about them instead of just running from them.

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If it would have been a standalone or if they dident mention Bourne in the movie and the title ...
Yeah! I'm sure The Cross Legacy would have really grabbed people's imagination and resulted in a huge box office success.🐭

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