Amazing psychological crime thriller that lost it's way...

Rating: 4/10 (8 January 2014)

I was glued to my seat all the way through. Unfortunately the glue may have ripped my pants as I abruptly stood up to eject the DVD and take it back to the store. Jack Reacher was the first movie in over a decade where I felt compelled to finish the movie. The first half of the movie was written like a masterpiece. A proper build up, a deep lain conspiracy where nobody can be trusted, and enough plot twists to make your head spin. But as the end approached, the dark and sinister plot to frame a marine sniper for random killings to cover the murder of one person, quickly turned into a quick gun battle and wrap-up that could've been written by a 13 year old. They left more loose ends than shag carpet. They skipped the trial of the suspected killer and voided the whole point of the antagonist. Even Rosamund Pike's character seemed confused by the end. She inquired about clearing Jack and Jame's name and Reacher replies with a one liner and bails. The wrap up scene was pathetic, there was still a mountain of evidence connecting Barr to the crime and almost no evidence connecting the Zec and all of the Zec's men to the conspiracy, and even if it did, they're all dead. This movie defeats it's own purpose.