Reacher Failed

Rating: 5/10 (23 April 2013)

Why call this movie Jack Reacher? For anyone who has read the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child, Tom Cruise is not Jack Reacher. They have tried to emulate the clipped dialogue from the books and have made reference to Jack Reacher's analytical thought processes but it just serves to be a poor imitation of the real thing. I suppose the reason for using Tom Cruise in the title role was to assure a box office success. However, many who are familiar with the Reacher series will be as disappointed as I was with this movie. They should have called it Tom Cruise Fails At Attempt to Portray Jack Sreacher. For one thing he's about a foot shorter than the title character and that's one hurdle he can't jump over. Also I don't like his attitude in this movie. I don't think the Reacher character has the conceited egocentricity displayed by Tom Cruise.. Should have called it TomCruise Trying To Be James Bond And Failing Miserably.