Before watching the film I read up on Reacher and discovered out that the main character is everything Tom Cruise is not. 6’5, blonde, and built like a brick shit house. Hm.
Barring our diminutive runner, what is the rest of the film like? Serviceable, with some jarring changes in tone from time to time. Several scenes play out like slapstick, which doesn’t gel well with District Attorneys, assassinations and hand to hand fights in the rain.
The cast all do a decent job, and if I didn’t already have knowledge of Reacher, I’d have accepted Cruise, as he is his usual entertaining self. Reacher is one perceptive chap, and his revelations regarding things you felt you have figured out already propel the story along.
Coming back to the nagging feeling though. On more than one occasion women swoon over Reacher. If Cruise were younger, or someone actually fitting the books description was cast I would have just accepted it. As it is, it all just seemed a bit creepy.
For the Cruise fans out there this isn’t a bad way to spend an evening. However, with some judicious editing and a less franchise driven producer/actor, it could have been a lot better.
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