Jack Reacher (2012)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible 5-6)
	Actors: Tom Cruise (The Mummy, Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow), Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day, Gone Girl), Richard Jenkins (Absolute Power, White House Down, The Cabin in the Woods), Werner Herzog, Jai Courtney (Life Free or Die Hard), Robert Duvall (Deep Impact)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller, Action
	Conditions of visioning: 25.10.2017, VOD, 32" TV screen
Synopsis: After a sniper shooting that made five innocent victims, the obvious suspect calls for the help of a man that doesn't want to be found: Jack Reacher (Cruise). Against his first judgment, he will work with the man's attorney (Pike) to unveil the truth in an impartial manner.
Review: Well, here is another Action Thriller suited to the mega-star Tom Cruise and in which his character is perfect at what he does (I have just written the same when reviewing Collateral). In Jack Reacher it is even better for him as he plays a good guy quite unambiguously. But I found that this made his character less interesting in fact than in Collateral for example. He is just too perfect and virtuous that it becomes annoying and repetitive. The plot is not too bad at first, but I found it got weaker as soon as the real motives for the murders were explained, are not very convincing (going through all those schemes just for that!?!) and appear more like a McGuffin, i.e. an excuse to show how good Tom Cruise's character is, and how he can kick asses. The choice of director also goes in that direction: before showing Cruise on his best side in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and its upcoming sequel, Christopher McQuarrie, known for the screenplay of Usual Suspects, had also written for Cruise the ones of Valkyrie, this Jack Reacher, Edge of Tomorrow, The Mummy and M:I5 & 6. But I guess the audience is still not tired of Cruise in such roles as Jack Reacher: Never Go Back was recently released. To be noted is the presence as secondary roles of Robert Duvall and Werner Herzog, this one usually more known as a director of cult films (like Fitzcarraldo) and now Documentaries (Into the Inferno)..
Rating: 4 /10