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Jack Reached....... a new low.
I know it's a stretch to buy into Tom Cruise as a hetero sexual tough guy but how was it?
Jack Reached....... a new low.
Last edited by mouse; 12-23-2012 at 08:32 AM.
But, that’s putting it lightly. This is substandard fare. Arguably Cruise’s best action effort is Mission Impossible III. It had all the elements of a great action film. Exciting stunt sequences, a villainous antagonist who’s evil was palpable and able to expose the vulnerabilities of our hero, an anxious subplot concerning revenge—it was a magnificent piece of action cinema.
This film has none of that. It’s a caricature of action-cinema. A made for TV film that plays out like an extended episode of Burn Notice. The antagonist in Jack Reacher, played by Warner Herzog, never once imbues us with the kind of dangerous pervasiveness that’s necessary to establish the y roadblock our hero must surpass. The action scenes are sub-par at best, and never once exude an exhilarate experience that’s come to be a staple in Cruise films.
Jack Reacher is such an amalgamation of over-baked testosterone cake that never once do we feel he’s in danger, even when in the final sequence—a sequence I found myself yawning through—he actually brings a hunting knife to a gunfight. If this film was made to be a joke, then it succeeded immensely.
As for Cruise’s performance, he sleepwalks through it; providing stone-jawed threats that I found myself laughing at not for the cleverness of it, but for the sheer ridiculous of it’s overly-macho terseness.
The clichés in this film come in droves. There’s even a mentor-like character, played by the always-welcome Robert Duvall, who laughs his way through the film’s final sequence as he disposes of baddies despite his obvious difficulties even seeing the battlefield with his poor vision.
The heel turn—which you can see coming from a mile away—is also an exercise in what not to do in a film that is a s of what an action film should be. Reacher is a one-dimensional character with seemingly no weaknesses and never once do we even understand his motives for involving himself in this fiasco of government conspiracies and senseless killings.
Christopher McQuarrie and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel paint the film with a deep and dark palette, providing the film with some nice aesthetics, but it’s too late. This overtly masculine mash-up of soulless action is like a coagulated protein shake that just won’t go down easily.
The previews look godawful and painfully generic
Can't wait to watch it. Tom Cruise is a badass!
Jack Reacher is 6-5 250 pounds and one bad bad dude.
In one of the books...
Three Nebraska defensive linemen are hired as bodyguards for this crook. All over 300 pounds and mean. Reacher leaves them a mess. If ya don't know about the books then Tom Cruise is fine, if you know the books Tom Cruise has no business playing Jack Reacher.
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Reacher is 6' 5" tall (1.96m) with a 50-inch chest, and weighing between 210 and 250 pounds (100–115 kg). He has ice-blue eyes and dirty blond hair. He has very little body fat, and his muscular physique is completely natural (he reveals in Persuader, he has never been an exercise enthusiast). He is exceptionally strong, has a high stamina, but is not a good runner.[10] Reacher's strength is combined with his savant intellect and military training, analyzing his environment and opponents at extremely high processing speeds.
Reacher has various scars, most notably a scar on his abdomen caused by a bombing in Lebanon.[11] He also has a 3–4 inch thin white scar that intersects his shrapnel scar that he received during a knife fight in Gone Tomorrow. Reacher mentions how the rough s ch work from his existing scar helped decrease the severity of his most recent attack. The cut did produce a deep, serious gash that led to Reacher passing out from blood loss.[12] He also has a scar on his chest from a .38 bullet,[13] a tear drop burn scar from close range gunshot that crossed his chest at point blank range,[14] and one on his arm where his brother struck him with a chisel in his youth.[15]
Last edited by Avante; 12-23-2012 at 04:30 AM.
Noticed how I didn't say I wouldn't watch it. there is a difference from saying a movie is cheesy or lame and saying it's not entertaining.
perfect example .........
7.4/10 on imdb
Dam..... a 7.4/10? a 7.5 could have really made a difference!
What has he done for the dead kids?Can't wait to watch it. Tom Cruise is a badass!
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He made sure his film was release right before Xmas so he can donate a portion of the RedBox DVD rental fees.
He's an advocate for children on keeping poisonous medical drugs away from them. A true Patriot. What do you do, ?
Was a decent movie. I just don't understand why they decided to go with Cruice - like someone already mentioned, Reacher is 6 ft 5 in the books, and that's a big part of his character tbh.
Awesome flick
movie tbh
hollywood has run out of very good actors, the ones u got now are either to new or tryin to act all musculine like the guys from the 80-90s who they cant even hold a candle stick to
its like the comedy genre, always the same faces in the movies, its like a cartel or some
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