Proverbial Tom Cruise action ...

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2018)

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!