Jack Reacher
Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher - a stoic, ice-cool drifter and former military investigator engrossed in a case involving an army-trained assassin. Co-stars Rosamund Pike, Robert Duvall and Werner Herzog as Reacher's nemesis. Based on Lee Child’s novel One Shot, from writer/director Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects).
When a sniper takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect claims his innocence and offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher." So begins a chase for the truth, pitting the ruthless Reacher - teamed with a young defense lawyer (Pike) - against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
- Director:
- Christopher McQuarrie ('The Way of the Gun')
- Writer:
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Cast:
- Tom CruiseRosamund PikeRobert DuvallJames Martin KellyJai CourtneyRichard JenkinsWerner HerzogDavid Oyelowo
Reviews & comments
Can't... quite... reach.. it!
Any Lee Child fan (or anyone else, for that matter) who saw "Killer Joe" with Matthew McConaughey in the title role probably thought he'd be a great Jack Reacher. I did, and still do. I have nothing against Tom Cruise, but watching the trailers to this film, my immediate thought was; "he's miscast." He's also the producer. So it was with some resistance...
Jack Reacher: Slick, funny and wildly inconsistent.
'Jack Reacher' proves to be not particularly ambitious as the story unfolds but nevertheless, it is an enjoyable watch albeit an uneven one. With all the fanfare dribble over the casting of Tom Cruise in the title role adapted from the Lee Child's novel 'One Shot', here's a newsflash: this is a Hollywood picture. And Tom Cruise and Hollywood go hand in...
Tom Reaching
Jack Reacher Gotta start with the fact I havent read any of the 16 books which describe Reacher as 230lb an 6'2'' tall. This tale of retribution and truth seems to smell of other Cruise films, but maybe its just his mannerisms. In this Jack has the availblity of 'The A Team' with the remorse an tendencies of 'The Punisher', with the driving skills of the...
Kudos Mr. Cruise
Okay, I've read a few Reacher novels and whilst they ain't high art, they are, like James Patterson's Alex Cross novels, tightly plotted, capably written page turners that plunge a tough but likeable, lethal but intelligent lead character into a hard-boiled detective mystery that pits their wits and brawn against any number of sociopathic criminal...
Total Film
pressA superior thriller, with Cruise and McQuarrie slotting together like a bullet in a clip. Like Reacher on the firing range, the aim isn’t always true – but the misses are fractional.
The New York Times
pressThe self-confident, supercompetent Reacher is a character Mr. Cruise could play in his sleep, which is pretty much what he does.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe actor can do cool and calculating, it's the meaning behind it that never flickers to life.
Hollywood Reporter
pressCruise might not be the 6-foot-5 rock described in the books, but he makes the title role fit him like a latex glove in a winning turn that could spawn a popular new franchise.
Empire Magazine
pressA witty, violent take on Reacher that makes up for its lack of height with an abundance of smarts and thrills.
Total Film
pressA superior thriller, with Cruise and McQuarrie slotting together like a bullet in a clip. Like Reacher on the firing range, the aim isn’t always true – but the misses are fractional.
The New York Times
pressThe self-confident, supercompetent Reacher is a character Mr. Cruise could play in his sleep, which is pretty much what he does.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe actor can do cool and calculating, it's the meaning behind it that never flickers to life.
Hollywood Reporter
pressCruise might not be the 6-foot-5 rock described in the books, but he makes the title role fit him like a latex glove in a winning turn that could spawn a popular new franchise.
Empire Magazine
pressA witty, violent take on Reacher that makes up for its lack of height with an abundance of smarts and thrills.
Can't... quite... reach.. it!
Any Lee Child fan (or anyone else, for that matter) who saw "Killer Joe" with Matthew McConaughey in the title role probably thought he'd be a great Jack Reacher. I did, and still do. I have nothing against Tom Cruise, but watching the trailers to this film, my immediate thought was; "he's miscast." He's also the producer. So it was with some resistance...
Jack Reacher: Slick, funny and wildly inconsistent.
'Jack Reacher' proves to be not particularly ambitious as the story unfolds but nevertheless, it is an enjoyable watch albeit an uneven one. With all the fanfare dribble over the casting of Tom Cruise in the title role adapted from the Lee Child's novel 'One Shot', here's a newsflash: this is a Hollywood picture. And Tom Cruise and Hollywood go hand in...
Tom Reaching
Jack Reacher Gotta start with the fact I havent read any of the 16 books which describe Reacher as 230lb an 6'2'' tall. This tale of retribution and truth seems to smell of other Cruise films, but maybe its just his mannerisms. In this Jack has the availblity of 'The A Team' with the remorse an tendencies of 'The Punisher', with the driving skills of the...
Kudos Mr. Cruise
Okay, I've read a few Reacher novels and whilst they ain't high art, they are, like James Patterson's Alex Cross novels, tightly plotted, capably written page turners that plunge a tough but likeable, lethal but intelligent lead character into a hard-boiled detective mystery that pits their wits and brawn against any number of sociopathic criminal...
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