Oh Cruise, why did you?

Rating: 1/10 (31 December 2018)

A mysterious hero, somewhat nameless, with no past, and about whom nothing is known, except for his military record - how many times have we read about this baseline?
Five persons are killed to masquerade one death, I'm pretty sure that I have read, and seen this elsewhere (last I can remember, it was an episode of 'Elementary').
An elderly actor unmistakably unsuited for a role definitely made for someone younger. This is not ageism, but this is becoming like the joke Bollywood keeps on making by having 50+ actors playing the lead along with half their age female co-stars, while ironically playing a male protagonist who's supposed to be younger, much younger in the movie. I mean, this is like having Fassbender play Solomon in '12 years a slave', it just doesn't fit.
Then, there's a car which suddenly stops working during a chase, probably why some people call this movie realistic because a car can stop in a movie as well. Oh Lord.
We also have supposedly serious, secretive crime syndicate with far reaching hands reduced to a bunch of men fighting on a construction ground - how much serious can that be? I can understand that they might have underestimated Jack Reacher, but come on, they were more like vagabonds from the street when it comes to convincing the audience about the austerity of their organisation.
And wow! Suddenly, we have the lone wolf who finds himself in need of a much older man whom he just met, to fight along his side, even if he's a trained army cop cum ghost, who has managed to live a solitary existence, as a shadow while doing his stuff. Really Holywood, for real?
Oh man.
It's like the 'Pacific Rim' of Action Thriller movies.