Tom Cruise is
one of the biggest Hollywood stars in the last 30 years. Everyone has their
favorite Cruise movie, and let us face it, it’s kind of hard not to with as
many entertaining movies he has been in. For a few years it looked like he lost
his appeal to most movie goers, but with some good choices he has worked
himself back into the public’s good grace. With a couple movies hitting the
theaters in the next few months, the question is, will he keep his good streak
going?
“Jack
Reacher” is a character out of a set of novels by Lee Child. In Child’s books,
Reracher is a brawny 6’ 5 blond guy, most things that Tom Cruise is not. Cruise
though doesn’t disappoint in portraying him just how you thought Reacher should
act. There has been a shooting, where five people are killed. The police have
all the evidence they need and find the shooter pretty quickly. Give the choice
to choose life or death, the shooter instead writes find Jack Reacher. What the
police so not know is that upon hearing the shooters name, Reach instead finds
them. Reacher (Tom Cruise) meets with the D.A Rodin (Richard Jenkins) and
Detective Emerson (David Oyelowo) to know where the shooter is. Instead of
helping the D.A, he decides to help investigate the case for the shooters attorney,
Helen (Rosamund Pike), who also happens to be the D.A’s daughter. What Reacher
finds is a mystery every time he opens a new door that leads him on a chase to
find out what really happened.
It is real easy
to get caught up in this thriller that has just right amount turns in the story
to remain enjoyable. Sometimes a thriller can try and have too many twists, not
this one. Writer and director
Christopher McQuarrie is a master of hiding the truth and having you discover
it when he is ready. The movie though wouldn’t work without Cruise, who
delivers each line like he means it. McQuarrie has a way of writing dialogue
that you don’t forget, and this movie is no exception. I do wish that Jenkins
and Pike had a bigger part, it really feels like you could have gotten anyone
to play those roles, and it wouldn’t had mattered much. This is Cruise’s movie
and the way he becomes Reacher, you will be glad that it is. Cruise may never
win an award for his acting, but how much does that really matter? As long as
he takes good roles like this one, people will not care what is on his mantle
at home. The movie paces its self perfect, never feeling too long or to slow.
Thrillers come and go, but this is one thriller that you will be glad came your
way.
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