Fast and Cruisious.... Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher.
Tom Cruise's new vehicle (pun intended) is a deviation of Lee Child's action hero, Jack Reacher, star of Child's novel, One Shot. The high-octane opening is tragic and brutal, being a reflection of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting; a shooter picks off bystanders thorough a sniper rifle atop a multistorey carpark. Another montage where femme fatale Rosamund Pike lists the victims, whilst stating their intentions on their day of murder, is both heart-wrenching and appalling, echoing the tragedies that occur around us. Jack Reacher flips between murder mystery to action flick, undecided between the pair, it falls infrequently. Famous German documentarian Werner Herzog utilizes his heavy accent and provides us with a sinister, glassy-eyed monster of a villain. A role that he is wasted sadly, and it seems outrageous that Herzog was even considered for the part. The plot is ludicrous and makes next to sense bar a couple of points, but the drama grasps you and your sucked into the world of Jack Reacher. Pike is perfect as the District Attorney's pretty and lawful daughter, another confusion. She and Reacher never hit it off and the denouement doesn't contain a kiss (I was shocked too!), they only seem to get up tight and cosy, with the audience bracing themselves for locked lips. This never happens and either Cruise or Pike leaves the scene with a sharp quip. Its all in goofy good fun, but the plot holes are so big this reviewer risks falling into them... however that doesn't detract the action packed essence of the film. 3.5/5
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