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| A poster for Christopher McQuarrie's Jack Reacher |
QUICK REVIEW:
Jack Reacher is summoned by a mass-murder-accused sniper in Pittsburgh, but the horrible crime goes deeper than that ...
Dark, good-looking action picture with good actors: German master director Werner Herzog (Die Andere Heimat (2013)) is an evil, cynical villain; Robert Duvall (A Night in Old Mexico (2013)) is good as helper to our hero, and Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day (2002)) is fine, as usual, as an ambitious but uncourageous district attorney. The center is Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)) as our hero Reacher. In a couple of scenes, his self-confidence and nonchalance probably goes farther than is good for himself and the movie, but he still delivers here.
Jack Reacher is entertaining, - particularly the Camaro-chase scene, which Cruise did without a stunt driver's help, and the massacre in the beginning are very well-achieved.
It is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, whose only other feature directing was on The Way of the Gun (2000). He is now slated to direct Mission: Impossible 5.
The film is the first in a series, based on the popular book series by Lee Childs.
Reacher came out right along the Sandy Hook Elementary-massacre that shook America to its core and the premiere was therefore delayed. There were hesitations about a sequel, but it seems to be happening now, from the book Never Go Back.
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| Tom Cruise, the world's greatest movie star, in the Camaro-chase in Christopher McQuarrie's Jack Reacher |
Watch the cool trailer here
Budget: 60 mil. $
Box office: 218.3 mil. $
= Big hit
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