What made Renner famous
By Morgan P Salvo
As we all know (unless you live in a cave) The Bourne Legacy opened this week with
Jeremy Renner taking over the reins from Matt Damon under the guise (or
tagline) of “There was never just one…” The dude that caught our eye with his
mesmerizing performances in Hurt Locker
followed by The Town, both of which
got him nominated for Oscars, traveled down a ragged indie flick road before
catapulting into Bourne territory. If
you’re like me some of these movies you
knew before hand going into the Hurt
Locker while others will merely make you go—“oh yeah that was him!” His
ability to blend in and still stand out is an acting trait rarely seen but when
he has to turn it up, watch out. Here are some of the flicks Jeremy Renner did
before he got famous.
The Assassination of
Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Great movie great performances all around but Renner’s
introspective supporting role as a cousin of James and one of the more
moral-minded members of the notorious James Gang proves pivotal in this pensive
drama.
Dahmer
Renner accomplishes the impossible here by making us feel
sympathy for Jeffery Dahmer. His complex portrayal of the infamous serial
killer is stellar in this strange dreamlike biopic. While this is not by any
means a great flick the levels of pain, torment, mental anguish and even sick
humor come through just by Renner’s mere facial expressions of dark loneliness.
You have to wonder where Renner draws his inspiration from here. He pulls you deep
into his inner angst and somehow, don’t ask me, you feel you know where he’s
coming from. Brilliant.
A Little Trip to Heaven
A husband (Renner) and wife (Julia Stiles) tangle with an insurance
adjuster (Forest Whitaker) over her dead brother's million-dollar insurance
policy in Baltasar Kormákur’s (Contraband/Jar
City) decent weirdly paced thriller. Renner steals the show as a sadistic creep
and from the smattering of Renner’s scenes he proves a force to be reckoned
with.
Swat
This little teaser for his upcoming action flicks which
personally I think he should avoid, after all, his generic performances in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol or The Avengers prove to be paycheck
flicks. Here he caught audience’s attention opposite Colin Farrell and Samuel L
Jackson playing an ousted member of the Los Angeles Police Department's S.W.A.T
team. The movie is a mess.
North
Country
Renner inhabits the role of an iron mine supervisor who is a
sexist boss that conspires against a female mine worker's (Charlize Theron)
attempts to stop sexual harassment at work. You completely believe in his
bigotry no problem.
28 Days Later
In the post-apocalyptic
horror sequel to the Zombie flick where they haul ass, Renner plays a US Army military
dude that keeps our attention through his WTF
plight running and shooting zombies. It’s debatable whether his character is an
asshole or not.
The Heart is Deceitful
Above all Things
Director Asia Argento’s sadomasochistic take on life, love,
death, sex and motherhood… Renner steals the one big scene he’s in--- OK I have
to admit it! I forgot he was even in this and I don’t remember what he
did---saw it once and have it on the shelf to see again but I KNOW he was
awesome OK?
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