Vigalante justice verses the truth.

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2014)

Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie brings author Lee Child's novel One Shot to the big screen and then relies on Tom Cruise to push his weight around. A crazed sniper guns down five people at random on a Pittsburgh riverfront. Detective Emerson(David Oyelowo)seems to have a cut and dried case with enough evidence to implicate an ex-military sniper named James Barr(Joseph Sikora). As the gunman is questioned by Emerson and DA Rodin(Richard Jenkins), Barr wants to only speak to Jack Reacher(Cruise). Reacher seems to be a ghost; a former military investigator that has left no trace, falling off the grid. Reacher sees the story in the paper and shows up gathering clues to aid a beautiful and talented defense attorney Helen Rodin(Rosamund Pike), daughter of the DA. Reacher originally came to bury Barr; but wants to be certain of the snipers guilt or innocence. Reacher himself becomes a suspect in the unraveling of a growing chain of gang related activity. Even DA Rodin appears guilty; but guilty of what? There is plenty of violence, brutal violence. The only complaint I really have is there is no time for Reacher to get real close and personal with the pretty attorney he is aiding. This Cruise vehicle gets supporting help from: Michael Raymond-James, Alexia Fast, Vladimir Sizov, Werner Herzong and the ever impressive Robert Duvall.