Actually Enjoyed It

Rating: 5/10 (6 October 2013)

I was totally, completely prepared to despise this movie. In fact, I avoided it at first. When I heard back when that Cruise had acquired the book I was.. well, sort of disgusted. I've read all the Jack Reacher books.. which indicates that I like and enjoy them. Always look forward to reading a new one as they come out. And Tom Cruise.. a runt.. is NO Jack Reacher. Whatsoever! And Jack Reacher ain't a handsome guy by any means. I figure the guy to play Jack Reacher would be Vinnie Jones.. if he could manage an American accent. A big hulking homely guy with an authentic military bearing. Jack Reacher was a major in the military police. You think handsome little runts get into that position.. forget about it. As Reacher says in one of the books, if you're going to go out and pursue and arrest some of the toughest hardest guys in the world, special forces guys and so on, stone killers, you must be tougher and harder. Period. Tom Cruise does not and cannot pull it off. That being said, if you are prepared to forget all about the Jack Reacher novels and just watch a typical Tom Cruise movie, it's okay. It's a sufficient time waster with a few good scenes in it. And the great Werner Herzog as a psychopathic bad guy is amusing. In short, well, there are worse films to watch and if nothing better is on.. what the heck.