Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Jack Reacher (2012) 6/10

Starring : Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Werner Herzog
Director : Christopher McQuarrie
Running Time : 131 mins

Jack Reacher (Cruise) is called in to investigate when an expert sniper kills five seemingly unrelated people, then asks specifically for Reacher to be called in. Although convinced the man is guilty, Reacher looks further into the case and discovers that everything is not as it first appeared...

If it wasn’t for the poor comparison between this and the series of novels by Lee Childs, this would be a pretty decent thriller with Cruise playing an unlikely yet affective monosyllabic bounty hunter of sorts, but the fact that the character in the books is so different to Cruise does kind of spoil the effect, even if you haven’t read them. Fans of Cruise will enjoy the action, and fans of action movies will enjoy the fight scenes.

You’ll like this if you liked : Gangster Squad



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