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:

Lee Child (based on the book "One Shot" by), Christopher McQuarrie (written for the screen by)

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins

1 win & 5 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 instead of confessing, the accused man writes the words, "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:

pittsburgh pennsylvania | sniper | coma | quarry | innocent person killed | 

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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 [United States]

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 USA:

$15,210,156, 23 December 2012, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$80,070,736

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$218,340,595

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Mutual Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Robert Duvall's character is seen using empty .38 special cartridge cases as ear plugs. This goes back to the 1950s. Since he was an old timer, he would have done this.

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Goofs

Car chase: Jack's car lights: Rear: Left light broken/OFF. But when Jack leaves the car at the bus stop, the car keeps moving with both rear lights ON. Front: orange light on the left (driver's perspective) is broken/OFF. This changes from being off/on continuously.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Emerson: It's life or death now, James. By that, I mean you're doing one or the other up in Rockview. This here is District Attorney Rodin. Want to know what he's wondering? Whether you're gonna walk like a man or cry like a pussy on your way to the death house. See, the D.A. likes the needle, whereas me, I like to see a man like you live a long life - with all your teeth knocked out. Passed around till a brother can't tell your fart from a yawn.

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Alternate Versions

In the UK the BBFC originally decided to give the film a '15' rating. Paramount, desiring the '12A' rating, asked them to reconsider the decision. In order for the film to be given a '12A' rating the BBFC requested 2s of cuts, which Paramount subsequently accepted, to two scenes; One cut takes place where Sandy is suffocated near to her apartment and the other when a henchman is hit over the head with a rock in the quarry. The DVD and Blu-ray versions are uncut and rated '15'.

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Connections

Referenced in On Cinema: 'Jack Reacher' and 'Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away' (2012)

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Soundtracks

The Fightin' Side of Me
Written & Performed by Merle Haggard
Courtesy of Tree Productions

User Reviews

Watch this film

First of all i would like to ask how any of the other reviewers could possibly give this film 1 out of 10? They must have some deep rooted personal reasons for this i guess.

I nearly didn't watch this film for all of the negative reviews. I would have so missed out on something good.

The film was excellent! Great plot. Creepy bad guy and a reasonable amount of suspense. I have never read the Jack Reacher books, so cannot compare Cruise to the title character. I imagine that some people might have been disappointed at the lack of huge explosions and transforming robots etc etc, but this was a fine old school action thriller with many new tricks which i haven't seen before (check the buss stop scene. Classic!). I loved the pacing and the great interaction between players. Sure, some of the one liners seemed a tad forced, but they were not so common. Well done Cruise again.

Do yourselves a favour. Ignore the negative reviewers and give this a go.