A Disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (22 December 2012)

For someone like me who has read all of the Jack Reacher books, the film was a real disappointment. Tom Cruise simply is not Jack Reacher -- not close. He doesn't look the role, nor does he have the manner. Cruise does his usual Mission Impossible macho stuff - car chases, big fights, killing, etc. But there is no nuance in his performance. I was also sorry that this book was chosen for the first Jack Reacher film. It is a terrible choice. The film is bleak, excessively violent, and almost inhuman, which is not the way the Jack Reacher books read. The Reacher books are violent, yes, but with some sensitivity, comic asides, and romance. This film has none of this.