I'm not familiar with the Lee Childs' novels on the Jack Reacher character but I do remember the media hoopla over the rather diminutive Tom Cruise being cast as a plus 6' male. The other just-as-important matter for consideration is whether he can carry off such a tough-as-nails persona. I know you could argue that Ethan in the Mission Impossible franchise is similarly indestructible but I don't think even that characterisation calls for the sheer cussedness of Reacher here and in the end I think he falls short (no pun intended).The film starts off with an intriguing set-up as a lone assassin, in a scenario too sadly familiar from real life, ruthlessly guns down five apparently random people. However a series of perhaps too obvious clues leads to an ex-military marksman being arrested for the crime who breaks his silence only to reach out (sorry!) for Reacher to come to his aid.From there though it goes down a rather predictable set of paths which I personally doubt would be as written in the novel, like the way Reacher takes down five toughs sent to scare him off the scent in the now familiar ninja-style from any number of Marvel / DC movies or even TV series or the inevitable car chase through the night streets of Pittsburgh. I had also guessed the killer's M.O. too although there's a satisfaction of course in so doing.I also felt that the conclusion in the driving rain as Reacher, with the unlikely help of mean and ornery target range owner Robert Duvall faces off against the Mr Big, his right-hand man and assorted henchmen, as you'd expect taking them down one by one until there were none as the saying goes. Personally I felt a little awkward seeing Duvall's trigger-happy character being lionised as he was, in this day and age.In the final analysis I felt I'd have probably preferred to read the source novel more than watch this Hollywood blown-up version. I was entertained but too many of the situations and characterisations seemed hackneyed, repetitive and derivative for me to really savour what I had hoped would be a grittier detective drama and not just the outsized actioner it proved to be in the end.

The storyline has nothing of interest and the people act boringly. Even the villain is boring. Don't get me started on Tom's character. He plays Tom Cruise, which is boring, not a Jack Reacher. Maybe they are equally boring? A total waste of time. Make sure you make out at least if you're forced to a chance on this one.

A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Jack Reacher gives Tom Cruise another shot on playing a badass action hero other than his Ethan Hunt in the Mission Impossible Saga and regardless what anyone said about his casting he did a great job in the main role, he was funny, cool and pretty badass and even Jai Courtney (Terminator Genisys, Suicide Squad) did a very good amount of job as one of the villains. This movie is not one of Cruise's best like his Mission Impossible movies or Minority Report but it's definitely a fun and really action packed ride that some viewers will definitely enjoy it for what it's worth. (10/10)

I am not sure if this movie is great or bad, really. Interesting plot, intense story that keeps attention for whole two hours, not for one second boring, great actors... But I have to say that some of the dialogues was just naive, in at least two scenes feels almost like parody. There was some forced drama, when there is nothing so dramatic going on. Maybe if you watch it like super-hero movie, it would leave different impression. Rosamund Pike is wonderful, and Robert Duvall is great!So 6.5/10