- Film Review
- Reviewed By Terry Staunton
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3 out of 5
This brash action yarn finds military cop-gone-maverick Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) teaming up with hotshot lawyer Rosamund Pike after a sniper guns down five random victims. The police are convinced they have the culprit in custody, but Reacher suspects a cover-up and leaves a trail of destruction in his wake trying to get to the truth. Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie (whose screenplay for The Usual Suspects won him an Oscar) piles on the shoot-'em-up clichés and corny dialogue, which might incur the wrath of fans of source writer Lee Child's darker, more menacing Reacher novels. Cruise's steely-eyed and straight-faced portrayal of the hero borders on self-parody, and there's more than a hint of panto villain about Werner Herzog's shady Russian crime lord, resulting in a workmanlike caper that makes for an underwhelming start to a potential franchise.
Plot Summary
A former army sniper is arrested following a random shooting that leaves five people dead, but protests his innocence. An elusive former military police investigator is called in to examine the case, and becomes convinced a conspiracy is at work. Action thriller based on Lee Child's series of novels, starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Werner Herzog and Robert Duvall.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jack Reacher
- Tom Cruise
- Helen Rodin
- Rosamund Pike
- Alex Rodin
- Richard Jenkins
- Detective Emerson
- David Oyelowo
- The Zec
- Werner Herzog
- Charlie
- Jai Courtney
- James Barr
- Joseph Sikora
- Linsky
- Michael Raymond-James
- Cash
- Robert Duvall
Crew
- Director
- Christopher McQuarrie
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