Action crime thriller starring Tom Cruise. When five innocent people are gunned down in Pittsburgh, all evidence points to former US Army sniper James Barr. However, Barr refuses to confess to the crime, and sends out word for ex-military investigator Jack Reacher to clear his name. Despite being no friend of Barr's, Reacher looks into the murders and discovers the victims may not have been so randomly selected after all.
This brash action yarn finds maverick ex-military cop Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) teaming up with a 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 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. The result is a workmanlike and underwhelming caper.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Christopher McQuarrie |
