Terrible

Rating: 4/10 (21 April 2013)

This is the worst Tom Cruise performance I have ever seen. A good book poorly portrayed and badly acted. What was Lee Child thinking, doesn't he have enough money already? Did the cameo as the desk sergeant mean that much to him. And Michael Connelly said he saw this film and thought Cruise was perfect as Reacher?
Terrible, terrible film.
It pretty much sticks to the story line of the novel, and once you see Tom's name as the producer in the opening credits, you might begin to understand how he got the leading role. How they ever thought they could put some of the more intricate (and less believable) plot developments and awkward twists of the novel is beyond me, but they did try.
There is a funny scene where Tom leaps out of his Camaro and joins a bus queue before the cops get there, the other bystanders helping him avoid detection when the cops do show up. Aside from that the only believe able part of the movie is the realistic sound that the assault rifles make during the battle scenes towards the end.
For even an average movie I normally watch completely focused. For this one I cooked a roast chicken, put together some shelves and tidied my living room. I'm writing this during the final battle as well. I don't even care about the end...