Tom Cruise doing what he does best, which isn't exactly subtle or brilliant.

Rating: 6/10 (12 May 2015)

It's just a popcorn flick. You want a normal Hollywood popcorn flick, this will do.
No real thought is involved--some people get hurt, some get killed, and some stuff gets blown up. You'd have to be in an altered state of consciousness to get any real deep meaning out of this film. It's basically just a male fantasy about being hyper-competent.
When Jack Reacher gives his Tom Cruise-style rant about how much everybody would really live like him if they could, and you think about it for a second, you wonder how anybody could be so dumb as to suggest that or write that particular line of script. Yeah, I'd just love to be roaming the country on buses (I have a little bit of experience here and I am sure it has not gotten that much better) with a single t- shirt to my name. Great. Sign me up.
Still, if you were trying to preserve neurons, you obviously wouldn't be watching this. You don't consume a milkshake with whipped cream and a cherry on top in order to drop pounds. Oops, I think I've already forgotten the plot, as if it matters.