Jack Reacher (2012)

Jack Reacher is a nobody. He's played by Tom Cruise. He appears out of nowhere after a very strange intro where a sniper takes out a bunch of people, and then the event is recreated via the cops with an entirely different guy in each scene.

It took me a while to understand that I hadn't just remembered his face wrong... the guy was being set up! A creative yet confusing way to start a refreshingly different, yet disappointingly clean action movie about a small (but powerful) criminal syndicate, a hero, a bad guy and a female lawyer. What surprises me most of all is: there's no sex scene. No intimacy at all. In a movie like this that just feels... weird. But for the same reason I am glad they broke the stereotype!

The whole movie is like a breather on the action genre of today. It's refreshingly different, slow-paced but intense, with actors that radiate confidence and truth... overall, it's a great watch! Clean, canny, impactful, and yet... not particularly memorable. That's Jack Reacher. Overall, it's like a slightly milder and more anonymous version of John Wick. Good watch.

 rated 4/5: fo shizzle