Horrible Horrible Horrible

Rating: 3/10 (26 March 2013)

I saw the long winded review and the 7 stars that was given......I watched the first 30 minutes and had to call it quits. Then I thought about the review and just went Really????
I have read all the Jack Reacher series novels. They are by no means great, they are just barely readable really. They are entertaining but become very predictable. I really think that the books are entirely written to entice a Hollywood franchise. Unfortunately Hollywood F'd it up big time. The books didn't use lavish location or jet around the world for the most part and should have been easy enough to follow almost to the letter. Not even a lot of characters to keep up with.....less the Clancy's novels for sure. The few trailers I saw, I thought hmm..OK Tom Cruise, maybe..if they let him stick to some of the catch phrases that are used in every book but no, sorry Tom you just couldn't fill this role. The open scene with the site that the "shooter" picked...a park....it didn't work, why couldn't they just have used a parking garage just like in the book...it was simple, it made sense....and it would have been easy. I can't comment on the rest of the movie, I was just so bored and disappointed after the first 15 minutes that the second 15 that I watched was like bamboo shoved under my finger nails.....
If you haven't read any of the Jack Reacher books...then you might like this movie...I found Tom's acting in this one to be half hearted as well....just didn't seem like he was into it......And generally I like Tom's movies....