Best Tom Cruise Movie in Awhile

Rating: 7/10 (13 April 2013)

For the better part of the last decade, Tom Cruise in his personal life and publicity has effectively casted a pall over his professional movie career. Admittedly, I had my doubts going into watching "Jack Reacher" that it would be too much Cruise in a bad way, but director and writer Christoper McQuarrie does a great job with Cruise, harnessing the cockiness we've seen and loved before, without getting too narcissistic. It's a fine line. The movie has a good set of icy-cold villains as well to boot. They are well conceived and played well by Werner Herzog and Jai Courtney. The movie also has some well choreographed fight scenes to add to the action. Some solid entertainment and recommended.