Jack Reacher-Movie Review

    Jack Reacher is a fantastic crime thriller film with a great performance by Tom Cruise. The movie is based on Lee Childs' ninth Jack Reacher book "One Shot." This movie always keeps you on the edge of your seat, and can even make you laugh.

 

James Barr (accused killer)

   This film takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The plot is about the killing of five innocent people by an expert sniper that has thrown the city into a state of terror. However, in no time the police have the case wrapped up. All the evidence the investigators found lead to a former American military soldier, James Barr. The police quickly catch the culprit and arrest him. However, the case might not be over yet. The police take the man into custody and Emerson, the head detective, starts questioning him. Barr claims he is innocent, saying, "you've got the wrong guy." He takes a pad of paper, and writes, "Get Jack Reacher." 

Emerson (head detective)

   Reacher is a man with no known address and no criminal record, so therefore it makes him impossible to find. Luckily for James Barr, Reacher suddenly shows up at the police department because he saw the news on television. Jack Reacher knows this skilled sniper from when he served in the military police. James Barr was a bit mentally unstable, and he would always have the urge to snipe someone down. However, Reacher believes Barr was framed, and suddenly the whole case had turned around.  Reacher was teamed with defence lawyer, Helen Rodin, as they moved closer to finding out who's behind all this. Later on, Reacher and Helen find out who the killer is; a man by the name of Charlie. Charlie, who is a very wise and tactical man, takes the defence lawyer as hostage, to lure Reacher.

Helen Rodin (defence lawyer)

  Charlie calls Reacher, telling him to come to where Helen is, but to come alone. Obviously, Reacher isn't stupid to come alone, so he comes along with a shooting range owner, Cash. Although Cash is old, he is a very skillful sniper. Reacher and Cash arrive to rescue Helen. Cash snipes down a few of Charlie's men from on top of a hill, as Reacher takes down the rest using a handgun. Finally, he reaches Charlie. They have a short stare down and small talk, then they throw away their weapons. Reacher and Charlie fight, and finally, Reacher takes him down. He then finds Helen and rescues her. Reacher starts walking away, but Helen stops him and says, "Wait, what if I need you again?" Reacher responds, "You know how to find me."

Reacher and Cash
ready to go after Charlie and
save Helen

Characters

-Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher
-Rosamund Pike as Helen Rodin (defence lawyer)
-Robert Duvall as Cash ( shooting range owner, helps Reacher)
-Joseph Sikora as James Barr (the accused man) 
-Jai Courtney as Charlie (the real murderer)
-David Oyelowo as Emerson (the head detective)
-Richard Jenkins as Alex Rodin (father of Helen Rodin, detective)
-Werner Herzog as The Zec (A.K.A The Prisoner, in Russian)

Reacher getting out of his car

   I think the best and most funniest part was the car chase scene. In the car chase, Emerson, the detective, believes Reacher could be a suspect. During the night, Reacher is cruising around in a nice, stolen SS Camaro, and all of a sudden, Emerson sees him. He orders all the police officers to go after him. Emerson hops into his car and starts chasing after Reacher. This is the part that got me really excited. As the chase was going on, Charlie, who was in a 
silver Audi, sees Reacher. Jack doesn't notice Charlie until he gets   closer to the Audi.
   
  Charlie rams into the side of the SS Camaro, making it even harder for Jack to get away from the cops. That made Jack pretty angry, so he went after the silver Audi. After pursuing Charlie for a while, the police were getting on to Reacher. So, he walks out of the car, and quickly blends in with a group of bystanders. A man standing beside Jack, gives him his baseball cap so the cops won't notice him. This was my favourite part, and preferably the best part of the film because it was very action-packed and at the end of the scene it was very funny! (Part of this scene is in the trailer above). 

Charlie

 In this movie, I believe there are no bad parts and there is no worst part. I think all parts were important because the movie is kind of like a puzzle. All parts are like pieces or clues, all connecting the story, and leading to the hidden killer. Obviously, the producers of this film devoted a lot of effort and attention to detail. Every part of the movie connects, and flows very well, and enables you to enjoy watching it.
You are always waiting to see what happens next, and that constantly keeps you on your toes.


    I think that Jack Reacher is a fantastic, action-packed film, and the bit of comedy at the right moments is the icing on the cake.  It's a great family movie as well; I went to see this movie with my younger brother and my parents.  My parents said Tom Cruise is better than ever and his performance in this role was outstanding.  My brother is only nine years old, and the movie captured his interest from the moment it started and all the way to the end.  I was actually surprised because he usually cannot sit for ten minutes during a movie.  Obviously this movie is full of suspense and keeps you on the edge of your seat for the full 130 minutes.

  I would rate this movie a 9/10.