An amazing story line let down by terrible acting

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2012)

I was really looking forward to watching this film and to tell you the truth I was a little disappointed. Yes so the first scene was very cool and interesting and all the rest, and the crime seemed very well worked out. Everything was done for a reason and explained well. However, there were some things that seemed very pointless (such as The Zec killing one of his thugs) and sometimes things didn't add up. There was something extremely wooden about the whole thing that seemed very stiff and awkward. The acting was very monotone and normal, apart from Cruise who managed to save the whole thing by becoming Jack Reacher; somebody who was cold and calculating. The only thing that stood out to me was the superb car chase scene and then the final scene where Bars talks about Reacher, leaving the possibility of another film adaption of a Jack Reacher novel to come out. This film should have been brilliant. There were a few separate bits of pure brilliance but over all it seemed very wooden, stiff and awkward. Like the cast weren't there because they didn't 'become' their characters as Tom Cruise did, making them seem very odd. I was disappointed to say the least. I would give it a go anyway, if not for the acting then for the story line