Jack Reacher didn’t light the world on
fire, but it’s fine for what it is—a stripped-down, mid-budget, star-driven
actioner. Despite the fact that Tom Cruise is all of 5’7” and the titular
character in Lee Childs’ series of novels is a hulking 6’5”, he has—even with
my father’s constant rantings and railings on the subject—the metaphorical
stature to play the role. Through not a bank-breaking success, the first
picture made enough cash to warrant a sequel, and we all wanted to know if
Cruise could pull it off again in Jack Reacher: Never Go
Back.
