10 Movies That Aren’t As Bad As Everyone Says

6. The Bourne Legacy

Although Doug Liman brought the series to life with The Bourne Identity, the trials and tribulations of Jason Bourne didn't take off massively until Paul Greengrass came onto the franchise; his Supremacy and Ultimatum are widely regarded as some of the best actions films of the noughties. The final film of the trilogy left us with closure to Bourne's story, but with the slight prospect of a follow on.

We did get a sequel of sorts in 2012, but Greengrass and star Matt Damon were nowhere to be seen. Instead Tony Gilroy's The Bourne Legacy told the story of Jeremy Renner's Aaron Cross, further expanding the extent of the shady CIA operations. Overall it's pretty much the same thing we've seen before - overly complex plot, lots of frenetic action, exotic locales - which could sound derivative if Greengrass himself hadn't cemented that as the formula by repeating Supremacy in Ultimatum.

Gilroy may not bring the same style as the guy who made the definitive 9/11 film less than five years after the tragedy, but Legacy's still a competent action film. Not that the fans took that. Most people couldn't get past the lack of Damon, dismissing the film before it even arrived.