strong acting and well handles action scenes

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2013)

"Jack Reacher" might be defined a perfect competent popcorn movie but greatly acted. It shows a respectable balance between action and built-in narrative suspense. Based on the Lee Childs novel "One Shot," the story is boosted by Tom Cruise's performance (Rosamund Pike as well is acceptable). Once the viewer accepts the story as a blend between fantasy and book versions of Jack Reacher, he'll be able to enjoy it, in spite of its being too unlikely, almost as Mission Impossible. The screenplay was conceived in the best traditions of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry films and has offered a platform for Tom Cruise to reinvent himself yet again, this time as a tough anti-hero not afraid to dish out the violence.