Seriously, what has Hollywood got against wolves at the moment? First there was last year’s The Grey, which saw a bearded Liam Neeson stalked across Alaska by a pack of the beasts before using his survival skills — and some broken bottles — to smash them on to the endangered species list. Now we have The Bourne Legacy, which starts with a bearded Jeremy Renner being stalked across Alaska by a pack of the beasts before using his survival skills to, etc., etc. It’s very similar, except Renner doesn’t have broken bottles at his disposal. He has military drones.
It would be wrong to dwell on this lupicide, however. This is a Bourne film — following on from the trilogy starring Matt Damon as the secret-agent-with-awesome-reflexes Jason Bourne — and so, unlike The Grey, it soon leaves Alaska behind to stack up some air miles and answer the tantalising questions established in its prologue.
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