Jack Reacher (2012)

A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

Director:

Christopher McQuarrie

Writers:

Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay), Lee Child (based on the book "One Shot" by)

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Cruise	...	Reacher
Rosamund Pike	...	Helen
Richard Jenkins	...	Rodin
David Oyelowo	...	Emerson
Werner Herzog	...	The Zec
Jai Courtney	...	Charlie
Vladimir Sizov	...	Vlad
Joseph Sikora	...	Barr
Michael Raymond-James	...	Linsky
Alexia Fast	...	Sandy
Josh Helman	...	Jeb
Robert Duvall	...	Cash
James Martin Kelly	...	Rob Farrior
Dylan Kussman	...	Gary
Denver Milord	...	Punk

Storyline

In an innocent heartland city, five are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But the accused man claims he's innocent and says "Get Jack Reacher." Reacher himself sees the news report and turns up in the city. The defense is immensely relieved, but Reacher has come to bury the guy. Shocked at the accused's request, Reacher sets out to confirm for himself the absolute certainty of the man's guilt, but comes up with more than he bargained for.

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Plot Keywords:

army | sniper | police | investigation | arrest | 

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Taglines:

The law has limits. He does not.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, language and some drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Paramount [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

One Shot

Filming Locations:

Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$15,210,156 (USA) (21 December 2012)

Gross:

$80,033,643 (USA) (15 March 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally titled "One Shot", based on Lee Child's novel of the same name.

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Goofs

When Jack meets Martin Cash for the first time: During the entire scene, Jack has a different hair cut compared to the rest of the movie.

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Quotes

Jack Reacher: I mean to beat you to death, and drink your blood from a boot.

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Connections

Featured in The Big Review: Fall Trailer Park (2012)
The film was referenced; the trailer was shown.

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Soundtracks

"Little by Little"
Written by Melvin London
Performed by Gregg Allman
Courtesy of Rounder Records
By arrangement with New Rounder, LLC

User Reviews

Chix Chat on Film Review: Reacher is the Man!

Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) is the tale of a very astute ex-military policeman. The army training came in quite handy as he digs into the evidence of a heinous crime that turns out to be not at all what it seems to be on the surface. I was surprised at how funny the dialogue in this film was, it is definitely not a comedy, but the sarcastic and comedic one-liners kept coming, even in situations that were completely devoid of a humorous setting there was some very amusing conversation. There was even a scene in which Reacher is attacked in a bathroom that had me cracking up at the bumbling bad guys. The comedy was heightened even further with the old codger Cash (Robert Duvall). Mr. Duvall always delivers a convincing performance, same here. As with any film that features Mr. Cruise the expectation is that it will be fast paced and very entertaining, same here. The only thing missing was his trademark sprint to or after something or anything. I've just come to expect to see him running, really running but we are getting older. The trailer is the only kind that I like, the ones that do not give away the whole movie. It shows that Reacher is bad a$$ without playing out every aspect of the story. David Oyelowo (Emerson) is one to watch, he is building an impressive resume and it is easy to see why because whenever he portrays a character he is that character. When he played a pilot in Red Tails, I totally believed he could fly a plane. When he was the head of a company experimenting on Apes, I was again thoroughly convinced and I believed every aspect of his being a police detective. One of the best car chase scenes that I've seen lately was in this film. There were so many attributes of this film that I liked, including the sexual tension between Reacher and Helen Ronin (Rosamund Pike) that I will just sum it up by saying. Everything just seemed to be genuine and authentic, even though I know that the fights are staged they looked logistically correct, but Steven Segal did come to mind. I liked that the film had a legitimate beginning and end, even if there are subsequent Jack Reacher tales to follow, there was no gaping wide open door of a final scene leaving the audience wondering 'What's up with that?!?'. But I do hope there are sequels, at least one. I give it a green light