Ugly character, trite dialogue, clichéd set pieces

Rating: 1/10 (25 August 2013)

I like Tom Cruise movies. They don't ask much, look good, move along at a decent pace. I recently watched Oblivion. It offered nothing new to the genre but was a decent movie.
Reacher was not.
I disliked the bullying Jack Reacher character. A lot. Others have commented on him being 'real.' No arguments here. I've met 'real' a$$holes like him lots of times.
The bar scene where the young girl tries to pick him up? He was a total pr1ck to her. Where other 'good guys' are reluctant to get involved in fistfights, he couldn't wait to get outside. 'Think? Yeah, you should try it sometime' Really? 'Is your sister a good kisser?' This isn't being real - this is a thug who's very good at fighting/killing people, and needs very slim excuses to do either. And the 'I will drink your blood. From your boot!'? I laughed out loud.
I remarked to my wife during the quarry scene, when he and the main baddie were both sporting scoped rifles, 'This should be interesting. I wonder how they end up fighting.' As it was, they didn't bother to manipulate the scene and instead opted to go with the tried and trusted 'we throw our guns to the ground and fight mano-a-mano action movie cliché.
Stupid movie, adolescent characters,poorly written, zero interest in anything but the paycheck from Cruise.
Do yourself a favour - give it a miss.