Mjeteconer
Just perfect...
Glimmerubro
It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
aimcherz
This was a good film, except the last sciece. This fights "by concepts" in most idiotic that i ever seen.
Imran Ahmed
Tom Cruise just believes he was made for action roles such as Jack Reacher. After all, it seems those are pretty much all the roles I have seen him in during the last few years. (Not being a Tom Cruise fanatic maybe I missed some of his more dramatic roles?)With military snipers all the rage, it's not surprising the movie revolves around the killing of several people by a sniper in a US city. In comes a beautiful lawyer who just happens to be the District Attorney's daughter to defend the accused; then throw in uber detective macho man drifter, gun fighter, ex-soldier (and martial artist too!) Jack Reacher and we have the makings of an action movie. Gripping at times, predictable at others but eminently watchable as action movies go. But only if you enjoy action movies with a little bit of gratuitous violence ... because if you're searching for a Sundance Film Festival movie then Jack Reacher is not the one!
jimbo-53-186511
An ex-army sniper James Barr kills 5 seemingly random victims. The District Attorney's department seek a confession from Barr, but Barr refuses to accept responsibility and demands that the DA's department find Jack Reacher. Jack soon arrives on the scene and as he delves deeper into the case Reacher uncovers a much wider conspiracy...It's fair to say that Jack Reacher isn't a particularly novel concept and it's also probably fair to say that it has lifted bits and pieces from many other conspiracy films. However, I have to admit that I did find it to be pretty entertaining; director Christopher McQuarrie does a nice job in balancing the story with the action set-pieces meaning that the film has no dull spots.As an actor I've always found Tom Cruise to be rather hit-and-miss; he often brings a cocksure type swagger and arrogance to a lot of his performances which sometimes makes him a little off-putting to watch. He does this in Jack Reacher, but, ironically, I actually think that this performance served this particular film well (Jack Reacher seemed to have a 'not give a crap attitude' to everything so I felt that this approach actually worked in this film). The supporting cast all put in so-so performances with the possible exception of Werner Herzog (who has a rather chilling calmness about him which proves to be occasionally unnerving).The weaknesses with this film lie with poorly developed villains and rather disposable victims whom it is impossible to care for or develop much in the way of sympathy for, but I have to give credit to McQuarrie for making this film mostly work and for providing me with a film that proved to be a fairly entertaining 120 minutes.
dsavic84
I am not sure if this movie is great or bad, really. Interesting plot, intense story that keeps attention for whole two hours, not for one second boring, great actors... But I have to say that some of the dialogues was just naive, in at least two scenes feels almost like parody. There was some forced drama, when there is nothing so dramatic going on. Maybe if you watch it like super-hero movie, it would leave different impression. Rosamund Pike is wonderful, and Robert Duvall is great!So 6.5/10
