Jack Reacher

5.9

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Sequel:

Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back

Original title

Jack Reacheraka

AKA

One Shot

Year

2012

Running time

130 min.

Country

United States

Director

Christopher McQuarrie

Screenwriter

Christopher McQuarrie (Novel: Lee Child)

Music

Joe Kraemer

Cinematography

Caleb Deschanel

Cast

Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Robert Duvall, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Jai Courtney, Nicole Forester, Alexia Fast, Julia Yorks

Producer

Paramount Pictures / Skydance Productions / Mutual Film Company

Genre

Action. Thriller | Crime

Synopsis / Plot

In an innocent heartland city, five are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But the accused man claims he's innocent and says "Get Jack Reacher.". Reacher himself sees the news report and turns up in the city. The defense are immensely relived; but Reacher has come to bury the guy. Shocked at the accused's request, Reacher sets out to confirm for himself the absolute certainty of the man's guilt, but comes up with more than he bargained for.

Critics' reviews

"Reacher is limited by a lack of originality and hampered by thematic clichés and generic action sequences (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"The self-confident, supercompetent Reacher is a character Mr. Cruise could play in his sleep, which is pretty much what he does"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"This film is deader than the corpses that litter the screen (...) Jack Reacher is mostly grim, violent and stupid"

Rex Reed: The New York Observer
"This is Cruise's show. And he nails it. The patented smile is gone, replaced by a glower that makes Jack Reacher a dark and dazzling ride into a new kind of hell (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"No worse and maybe a little better than most of the vigilante movies that clutter the multiplex (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"

Peter Howell: Toronto Star

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