"Jack Reacher" is what action is all about

Rating: 8/10 (7 January 2013)

Tom Cruise is at his snap-crackling best as Jack Reacher, a mysterious drifter with a skill set dangerous enough to make Liam Neeson shake in his boots. Called in to help solve a crime involving a military sniper, Jack soon realizes the stakes are much bigger than what he signed up for. But armed with quick one-liners, macho moves, and a charisma that breaks violently through the silver screen, there's nothing Reacher can't handle. Save for a ruthless and emotionless killer played by the one and only Werner Herzog, and perhaps the charms of Rosamund Pike. Written and directed with a slick, smooth confidence by Christopher McQuarrie, "Jack Reacher" is both a genre-defining action flick and an exciting character that you'll want to watch again and again.
-Thomas Bond