A fine thriller film

Rating: 7/10 (10 January 2013)

The character Jack Reacher was a part of Military Police in US army was called upon by the request of James Barr before goes into coma in hospital bed, a sharpshooter and the prime suspect who shot five people. Reluctantly accepting the request yet wants to know the truth, Reacher joins Barr's defence attorney Helen Rodin charmingly played by Rosamund Pike. Reacher is a person who would not hesitate to put his neck for justice but one may wonder why here he is on defence side. Jack Reacher movie was based on novel 'One Shot' by Lee Child. The main character was brilliantly portrayed by Tom Cruise and I would not hesitate to say that he did his best in bringing the character to live. I do understand if the fiction novel's fans vehemently disagree and in fact, some gave negative review on Cruise playing the fictional role as Jack Reacher. My disagreement to them is that even though Matt Damon who was terrific in Bourne series, he is considered timid to my perception of Jason Bourne. I read the third series of Ludlum's Bourne Ultimatum after watching the movie. But in my mind, Matt Damon never replaced my perception of Jason Bourne who is also the dark side of David Webb. I am not here to review on Bourne but for Jack Reacher and Tom Cruise did his best which made the movie to be watched by all action and thriller fans.