Jack Reacher (2012)

Runtime 130m

Released December 21, 2012

Languages English

Genres Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating PG-13

Jack Reacher (2012)
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 is immensely relieved, 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.
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Badass fight scenes.
On the whole, I enjoyed it. When going into the cinema I hadn't heard much about it, no trailers or reviews, I was expecting some plotless Hollywood explosion like The Expendables.
My low expectations were unfounded. There were gripping moments, there were thoughtful and poignant moments, it struck a chord with present issues, and was fairly rounded plot-wise. However, I did feel it left a few holes, or, paths left untouched, which I go into further in the spoiler shout (clearly they're spoilers).

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I hate Tom Cruise, but this was a really good movie!
What a pointless and predictable movie...
This is by all means a lame movie.

When a movie is named after its protagonist, you'd expect the character to be well formed. Jack Reacher wasn't. As an ex-army-cop anti-hero that doesn't play by the rules, Tom Cruise's character was a tame sheep who exerted his dominance using his mouth more than his fists. "You don't want to mess with me" was his catchphrase, but in a post-1980's-world, he certainly did not look more threatening than a teenager with mood problems. Cruise's performance did the character no service either, demonstrating a single stern line of emotion that felt copy and pasted for the film's duration.

The plot ran through tropes and was predictable in its twists (i.e. if you manage to stay one step ahead of the game, you'll be predicting the whole story dead-on). The camera emphasis on prop guns (and its PG-13 rating) suggests that this movie was geared towards a certain prepubescent demographic, and the complexity of the dialogue reflected such. Dollhouses have more personality than the cast and opting to have no soundtrack made the film dryer than a bad turkey sandwich.

While there's no serious complaint about the quality (yeah, it could've been worse), but there's really no positives that can be seen. 5.0/10
Haha.
Tom Cruise finally has a ugly shirt-less body.
probably the worst film I've seen this year, cruise is rapidly heading towards my ones to avoid list.
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