Entertaining enough, but pretty much a standard cliché action flick.

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2014)

I watched this one tonight on Netflix. It was an enjoyable waste of time, but if you're looking for something deep or requiring a modicum of thought... go elsewhere. This was loaded was clichés like the obligatory car chase. Tom Cruise evades the police in a classic 70's muscle car. (Camaro SS... gotta admit it was pretty bad ass car, which he unfortunately ended up destroying; yet another action movie cliché)
Basically Tom Cruise is a bigger badass than everybody else, and is a way better investigator than any other cop on the case. Oh, don't forget the crooked-cop-who-is-really-working-with-the-bad-guys cliché. The whole movie is designed make Cruise look like the biggest badass on the planet, pretty much.
Despite of all of this, I have to admit I actually kind of enjoyed the movie. I didn't go in expecting a masterpiece, so it didn't disappoint. Definitely better than anything with Jason Statham or Bruce Willis, at least. If you want a film where you can just chow down on a bowl of popcorn, turn off your brain, slam a few shots of vodka and have a good time... well, then give Jack Reacher a chance.