Espionage

The Bourne Legacy

  • Title: The Bourne Legacy
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the-bourne-legacy-poster"It’s interesting to note that the further we go into the Jason Bourne movie series the further and further we get from writer Robert Ludlum‘s original creation. That’s not necessarily a bad thing as the movies have been entertaining, but although there’s certainly a lot to like about the latest entry into the franchise that swaps Jeremy Renner for Matt Damon, it’s no doubt the weakest movie delivered so far.

The Bourne Legacy spends an awfully long time (most of the film’s first half-hour) trying to make the film’s events fit into the storylines of the second and third Bourne films. That means we start out when a surprising amount of exposition and a barrage of quick cuts (seriously, at times this movie feels like it was edited by George Lucas on speed). The result is far from as seamless as I’d like. This also means we have to wait quite a long time to see Renner in action (unless you count the clips where he’s channeling Liam Neeson‘s character from The Grey).

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Covert Affairs – Speed of Life

  • Title: Covert Affairs – Speed of Life
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Annie (Piper Perabo) returns home from a weekend with Simon (Richard Coyle) to jump into a robbery of involving Simon and something very hush hush from a high-tech company. Despite Lena’s (Sarah Clarke) telling her to steer clear of the investigation Annie hits up an old friend in the FBI, Agent Rossabi (Noam Jenkins), and unknowingly starts down a slippery slope that could compromise her cover with Simon and her future in the CIA.

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Covert Affairs – The Last Thing You Should Do

  • Title: Covert Affairs – The Last Thing You Should Do
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While on a trip to Africa to propose Auggie (Christopher Gorham), Parker (Devin Kelley), and two of her Peace Corps co-workers (Brendan Hines, Emily Shaffer) are taken by Somali pirates. If Annie (Piper Perabo) has any chance of seeing her friend again she has to convince Joan (Kari Matchett) and Lena (Sarah Clarke) to work together long enough to negotiate with the American ex-patriot (Julianne Nicholson) in charge of the negotiations.

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Covert Affairs – Sound and Vision

  • Title: Covert Affairs – Sound and Vision
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Annie (Piper Perabo) and Auggie (Christopher Gorham) are pulled off their respected new assignments and sent to Barcelona to pose as potential buyers for a computer virus by an anonymous hacker known only as Red Rover. Auggie has done extensive research on Red Rover, and if they can aquire the virus it would allow the CIA to reverse engineer and protect themselves from a future attack, but that’s not the real reason why the pair was chosen for the assignment.

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Covert Affairs – Hang on to Yourself

  • Title: Covert Affairs – Hang on to Yourself
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After witnessing the death of a very paranoid Jai Wilcox (Sendhil Ramamurthy) in a car bombing, Annie (Piper Perabo) finds herself shaken and reassigned out of the DPD, as does Auggie (Christopher Gorham) who finds himself promoted into Jai’s role as head of Special Projects and tasked by Arthur (Peter Gallagher) to uncover the people responsible for Jai’s murder. This, of course, also leaves Joan (Kari Matchett) without two of her most reliable resources during a particularly stressful time in the agency.

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