So bad

Rating: 2/10 (28 November 2013)

This is bad. Bad, bad, bad. Particularly bad if you know anything about the book(s) and character the movie is based on. Granted, having read the books I am immediately biased, but I don't think that is a bad thing...if you are going to base a movie on a book, you should probably make it LIKE THE BOOK. Beside the obvious problem of 5'8" pretty-boy 50year-old Tom Cruise playing 6'5" 250lb rough-and-tough mid-30's Jack Reacher, the fight scenes were more ridiculous and awful than usual. Reacher is supposed to be the best-of-the best, able to deal with any perp with military skills and training, but consistently makes rookie mistakes in confrontations. When he bucks authority, I just don't believe him. Bleh, I'm usually not fussy, but this is two hours I can't get back.